Press releases and statements

(United Nations:10 January) - In a statement today, Mr. Kenzo Oshima, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator welcomed the release of Nina Davydovich, head of the...

(United Nations, 10 January 2003) Due to increasing rebel activity in the southwestern area of Côte d'Ivoire bordering Liberia, the number of internally displaced persons arriving in and transiting...

(United Nations, 10 January 2003): Populations were on the move in the Republic of Congo's Pool region in November and December of 2002 due to bombing, fighting, banditry and attacks on villages. In...

Afghanistan Support Group meeting, Oslo, 17 December 2002 Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I take great pleasure in introducing to this august body the...

(United Nations, New York: 13 December): Kenzo Oshima, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, issued a statement today in which he...

New York, 10 December 2002 Madame President, Secretary-General, Members of the Security Council, Excellencies and Colleagues, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to address the Council,...

According to the UN Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office in Johannesburg, farmers and food security specialists in Southern Africa are concerned that the lack of rain in the current...

Luanda, 2 December 2002 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola, Mr Erick de Mul, expressed his condolences for the victims of the mine incident that occurred on Friday, 29 November,...

(New York: 27 November) Kenzo Oshima, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, issued a statement today in which he expressed his alarm at...

AIR OPERATION: In a meeting convened today with officials of the Service National d'Action Humanitaire of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security, representatives of...