Press releases and statements

Chairman's Summary of the Discussion The Vice-President of ECOSOC opened the session welcoming all participants. The Vice-President then gave the floor to the Emergency Relief Coordinator, a.i., Ms...

The Vice-President of ECOSOC opened the session with his introductory remarks which were followed by the screening of a video from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), entitled 'Natural...

ISLAMABAD - The UN Co-ordinator, Erick de Mul, traveled to Kandahar yesterday to follow up with the Taliban authorities on the recent issue concerning the employment of women that surfaced in Kabul...

LETHAL ATTACK STOPS POLIO VACCINATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO I was deeply saddened and shocked by the brutal attack last Sunday July 9 on a vehicle transporting relief workers from the...

The Emergency Relief Coordinator, expresses her deep concern about the resumed hostilities between the rebel factions and the Sudanese Government in Southern Sudan. The reported fighting around...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan) 7 July 2000 -- The Government of Japan officially donated a new demining machine to UNOCHA's Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan...

Ms. Carolyn McAskie, Emergency Relief Coordinator a.i. of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), will visit Ethiopia from 10 to 11 July. Her stay in Ethiopia...

The meeting was jointly organised by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the participation of the World Bank...

Against the background of a promising peace process in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), an International Meeting will be convened in Geneva on July 6 to call for immediate support to the...

Alors que le processus de paix est prometteur en République du Congo (Brazzaville), une réunion internationale se tiendra à Genève le 6 juillet prochain afin de trouver un soutien immédiat au...