Press releases and statements

The 2003 annual joint WFP-UNHCR food needs assessment mission has visited Guinea to plan for its regional protracted relief and recovery operations for the coming year. In Conakry, the mission met...

Chaired by Knarik Kamalyan, HAO, OCHA 1. Update on Cross-border Issues Border crossing: A UNJLC mission that went to the Jordan-Iraq border crossing point at Al Karama last week reported delays on...

Asmara, 12 June 2003 (OCHA) - Ms. Carolyn McAskie, United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, wrapped up her two-day mission to Eritrea on Wednesday, calling for further assistance to meet...

Chaired by Knarik Kamalyan, HAO, OCH 1. Security General: The general security situation is volatile in many parts of Iraq, with criminality remaining a major security concern. In addition, accidents...

(New York: 10 June 2003) - Despite the ongoing efforts of the international community to meet the emergency needs of Eritreans left vulnerable by drought and the lingering effects of war,...

ADDIS ABABA, 10 June 2003 -- Ms. Carolyn M. McAskie, United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will travel to Ethiopia on an...

(New York: 9 June 2003) - Mr. Kenzo Oshima, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, will be traveling to Colombia from 9 to 12 June 2003...

In view of the ongoing combats between LURD and Government forces in Monrovia, OCHA and humanitarian partners in Conakry and in the field are currently monitoring the situation along the...

Asmara, Friday 6 June 2003 - Ms. Carolyn M. McAskie, UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), arrives in Asmara, Eritrea on Monday 9...

Chaired by Ian Purves, SHAO, OCHA 1. Security Security Tracking System: Security remains of a major concern in many parts of Iraq. UN has set up a security coordination cell in Baghdad and keeps the...