Press releases and statements

(New York: 30 April 2003) Parties to the conflict in Sudan have agreed to open a new corridor that would allow enhanced humanitarian access to southern Sudan. In a statement, Mukesh Kapila, the UN...

Contents: Programs for IDPs in Georgia: Individual Entrepreneur "Otar Khvistani" - Georgia Self-Reliance Fund (GSRF) Round I Winner Charity Humanitarian Center "Abkhazeti" (CHCA) Skill Trades And...

(New York: 29 April 2003)- In Abidjan today, the United Nations launched the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for $85 million on behalf of 3 million people. The Appeal is designed to meet the...

New York, 25 April 2003 - I am privileged to join you here today and am deeply grateful for this opportunity to say a few words on the occasion of the 17th Anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, the...

(New York, 25 April 2003): Today, Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General's Humanitarian Envoy for the Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, visited the towns of Man and Guiglo in the western part of that country...

(New York: 23 April 2003) - In Abidjan today, Ms. Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General's Humanitarian Envoy for the Crisis in Cote, met with senior Government Officials and members of the UN...

A BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OF HUMANITARIAN NEWS AND ISSUES IN ERITREA SPECIAL FEATURE: CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE On the face of it, Dieda is a peaceful village in the Debub region of central...

(New York: 16 April 2003) - "Recent attacks on internally displaced persons in Liberia are clear violations of international humanitarian law," said Ms. Carolyn McAskie, the United Nations Deputy...

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs presents its compliments to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office in Geneva and would like to express appreciation for the...

(New York: 11 April) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Liberia reports that attacks on two camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in...