Press releases and statements

Place: UNDP CONFERENCE ROOM Guests: Mr. Ross Mountain, UN Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia; Dr. Omar Khatib, Country Representative of WHO; Mr. Justin Bagirishya, Country Representative...

AFR/707, IHA/799 MONROVIA, 22 September (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Ross Mountain, today backed a call...

Following fighting in Northern Liberia since late August, the Nzerekoré region has seen an increase in arrivals of Liberian refugees. While a total of some 5,500 Liberian refugees arrived from 29...

(New York: 18 September 2003) - In Zimbabwe UN Humanitarian agencies are stepping up operations to address food shortages and their underlying causes. The UN has also identified the need to...

(New York: 18 September 2003) - As humanitarian agencies gain better access to areas outside Monrovia, they are finding that humanitarian conditions are acute. A UN inter-agency assessment mission...

Abidjan, 18 September 2003 - One year after the events that brought in Côte d'Ivoire an instabilityunknown by the country since independence, humanitarian agencies of the United Nations commend the...

Abidjan, 18 septembre 2003 - Un an après les événements qui ont amené la Côte d'Ivoire à une instabilité inconnue par le pays depuis son indépendance, les agences humanitaires des Nations Unies se...

(New York: 17 September 2003) - The Government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) signed an agreement today that would allow "free and unimpeded" humanitarian access to Sudan's...

(Harper: 14September 2003) The first humanitarian mission since May to the small costal town of Harper (southern Liberia)commenced its work this afternoon, amid tight security and after negotiating...

(Monrovia: 12 September 2003) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) relief-ship, Martin I Majuro, steamed out of Monrovia harbor this afternoon (13:00GMT) bound for the small coastal town of...