Press releases and statements

From 10 to 13 October 2002, a United Nations inter-agency mission visited Bouake and surrounding cities and villages including M'Bahiakro, Brobo, and Tiebissou as well as the nation's administrative...

Today, October 10th 2002, the first United Nations multi-disciplinary mission departed Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to assess emergency humanitarian needs in the central town of Bouake and its environs...

AFR/494, IHA/745 ASMARA, 10 October - Kenzo Oshima, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, wrapped up his three-day mission to Eritrea...

Addis Ababa, 7 October 2002 - I have come to Ethiopia at the request of the Secretary-General, and in response to increasingly serious indications that the failure of rains this year has caused...

Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Angola Luanda, 3 October 2002 - Humanitarian partners are currently preparing the 2003 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Angola. The Appeal, developed in...

I. IDP Calendar of Events Note: As there are many Municipal Working Group meetings, they will not be included in this list. MWGs are a local forum for solving problems pertaining to return and for...

Mr. Kenzo Oshima, The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, arrives in Khartoum on Monday, 30 September at the start of a twelve-day...

Luanda, 20 September 2002 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola, Mr. Erick de Mul, expressed his concern about the critical humanitarian situation faced by more than 100,000 persons...

Moscow, Monday 9 September 2002 - The United Nations agencies today resumed their humanitarian programme in the Republic of Chechnya, suspended since 29 July following the abduction of Ms Nina...

OCHA établit un Bureau Régional d'Appui en Afrique de l'Ouest : Etablie en juin dernier à Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), cette structure d'appoint interviendra dans les domaines suivants : l'alerte...