Press releases and statements

Because of drought, in tandem with endemic poverty and under-development, only in Jalalabad and Kandahar can an average household (6 member families) with one able-bodied male provide adequately for...

CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEAL FOR 2001 FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA OVERVIEW BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR DAVID MORTON STOCKHOLM 29 NOVEMBER 2000 Our...

Geneva- New York, 22 November (OCHA) On 28 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will launch appeals for 19 humanitarian crises, calling on the international community to provide $2 billion in...

IHA/723 Launch Theme - 'Women and War'; Secretary-General, Assembly President and Executive Director of UNIFEM Speak The current United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals was requesting $2.26...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 17 November 2000 -- The United Nations system in Afghanistan remains concerned about the continued closure of the border between...

CONSULTATIVE FORUM WITH YUGOSLAV MUNICIPALITIES Belgrade, 13-14 November 2000 INTRODUCTION Mr. Chairman, Hon. Federal Minister of Interior, Hon. Mayors, Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen, ...

The Government of the Republic of the Sudan, The Sudan People's Liberation Movement And the United Nations Technical Committee on Humanitarian Assistance Palais des Nations Geneva 2-3 November 2000...

IHA/721 Secretary-General Commends 'Marie In Shadow of the Lion'; Story of Lives Broken in World of Hatred, Violence, Indifference NEW YORK, 30 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

Assistance to refugees A Tripartite meeting (DRC/RoC/HCR) was held in Brazzaville on Tuesday, 17 October, 2000. The discussions mainly focused on the access to refugees from DRC by the Oubangui...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 20 October 2000 -- Noel Spencer, Technical Advisor to the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA), returned from Kabul this...