Press releases and statements

(New York: 10 April 2003 ) - In a statement today, Mr. Kenzo Oshima, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, expressed his sorrow at the news that Mr. Vatche Arslanian, a delegate for the...

AFR/600, IHA/773 NEW YORK, 9 April (OCHA) - Widespread fighting in western, northern and eastern Liberia is cutting off those most in need from humanitarian aid, said the Office for the Coordination...

(New York: 31 March 2003) - As the world's attention is focused elsewhere, the humanitarian situation in Cote d'Ivoire continues to worsen. Intensifying violence and instability in the country's...

AFR/590, IHA/770 (New York: 25 March 2003) - UN humanitarian agencies fear that humanitarian needs created by continuing fighting in Liberia could quickly overburden their scarce aid resources...

[The global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International are responding to the emergency in Iraq through local member Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), UK-based Christian Aid (CA),...

(New York: 20 March) In a statement today, Mr. Kenzo Oshima, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator was saddened to learn of the deaths of four national volunteers while working for the Red Cross...

AFR/586, IHA/768 NEW YORK, 18 March (OCHA) - Fighting between Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Rebels and Liberian Government forces in Liberia's Bong County has caused an estimated...

Nairobi (12 March 2003) - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Maxwell Gaylard is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in and around Baidoa, where...

New York, 10 March 2003 - As part of the UN's effort to maintain the aid pipeline to Eritrea, Mr. Simon Nhongo, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Eritrea, will arrive in New York on 11...

(New York: 5 March 2003) The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are lending China assistance after a powerful earthquake in that country killed more than 250 people and left 3,000 without...