Press releases and statements

The Humanitarian Task Force for the West Bank expressed its extreme concern at the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory at an emergency session held today in Jerusalem...

CF/DOC/PR/2002-11 UNICEF, OCHA and WHO Joint Statement New York, 1 April, 2002 - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office for the Coordination...

Geneva, 22 March 2002 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to address you on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day, which...

Luanda, 7 March 2002 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Erick de Mul, appealed today to donors for urgent funding to keep the humanitarian operation in Angola running. The humanitarian...

Luanda, 1 March 2002 - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Erick de Mul, warns that the humanitarian situation in Angola is grim and is continuing to deteriorate after the death of Dr...

(Herat, 1 March 2002): Maslakh Camp, situated 17 kilometers south of Herat, is the largest IDP camp in Afghanistan. Yesterday, the International Organisation for Migration in co-operation with...

(Kabul, 28 February): Today in Kabul representatives of the United Nations, the Interim Authority, donors, and NGOs formally launched The Immediate And Transitional Assistance Programme For The...

We strongly condemn the 20 February 2002 attack by a Government of Sudan helicopter gunship that killed 17 civilians and wounded an unknown number of others at a food distribution site near Bieh,...

Nairobi (12 February 2002) - UN Agencies want to draw attention to the progress being made in Somalia, and as part of that effort, a senior UN official traveled to Somalia this week, underscoring the...

IHA/739 GENEVA, 8 February (OCHA) - Somalia has an image problem - one that may prevent the international community from doing what it can and should do to help the country. To tackle this, for the...