Press releases and statements

With these words Ross Mountain, UN Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator, described the situation in Mozambique where floods have already displaced 80,000 people, claimed the lives of 52, and are...

NAIROBI, Wednesday, 7 March 2001 Representatives of the major donor governments met with Heads of UN Agencies, Wednesday 7 March, to discuss the humanitarian needs arising from the ongoing drought in...

Afin de situer la discussion je voudrais expliciter le titre de ce document. Tout d'abord le Congo est un pays grand comme 80 fois la Belgique et on y parle 285 langues. La Femme Congolaise dans un...

All attempts at assessing the impact of the war on women in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should avoid these pitfalls: firstly, it would be a mistake to consider Congolese women as a whole...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 2 March 2001-- Recent information from northern Afghanistan indicates deterioration in the condition of displaced persons in the...

Bujumbura, 27.02.01- The protocol establishing a Framework for Consultation and Protection of Internally Displaced Persons was signed by the Burundian Minister of Human Rights, Institutional Reforms...

IHA/728 GENEVA, 23 February (OCHA) -- The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kenzo Oshima, today expressed deep concern about the very poor response so far of the...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 23 February 2001 -- The United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan today signed an agreement with the European Union for 3.8...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 20 February 2001 -- The Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan acknowledges recent emergency contributions by...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 14 February 2001 -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General Kenzo Oshima left Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday for a three-day...