Press releases and statements

Skopje, 22 July 2002 - Almost one year has passed since leaders of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) together with envoys from the European Union, United States, OSCE and NATO...

Southern African drought places 13 million at risk of famine: OCHA (NEW YORK, 15 July) The urgent plight of people in Southern African nations - facing a lengthy drought, already-low nutrition...

i. Introductory note The IDP Bulletin is the result of several weeks of consultations and preparation with UNHCR Belgrade and Prishtina/Pristina, PRM partners, and many others who provide services to...

I have just completed a mission to Angola with Julia Taft, Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery in UNDP, and Holdbrook Arthur, Regional Director for Central Africa in WFP. The...

GENEVA, 5 July (OCHA) -- The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched today the French web site of the Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN). This new service is...

Weaving a Culture of Peace in the Mano River Union at the Hotel Camayenne in Conakry 24 May - 31 July 2002: The Sierra Leonean weaver Mohamed Jeromy Konneh is currently weaving a Culture of Peace and...

Luanda, 01 July 2002 - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Kenzo Oshima, arrives in Luanda tomorrow to begin a five-day visit to...

Luanda, 11 June 2002 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola, Mr. Erick de Mul, expressed his disappointment about the inaccurate and misleading press statement issued by MSF today in...

After having appealed together with the Executive Directors of the World Food Programme and the United Nations Children's Fund on 30 April for increased humanitarian funding to prevent a...

The Emergency Relief Coordinator wishes to express his sincere condolences to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic and families of the victims after the loss of life and destruction caused by...