Press releases and statements

The Emergency Relief Coordinator a.i., Ms. Carolyn McAskie, expressed her grave concern over the dire humanitarian situation in Eritrea, which has deteriorated significantly since the outbreak of...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 9 June 2000 - Millions of Afghans face a serious food crisis due to a severe drought that destroyed almost all the rain-fed...

New York, 9 June 2000 - The chiefs of five United Nations Humanitarian organizations expressed "grave concern" today about the deteriorating situation for civilians in the town of Kisangani in the...

Press Release IHA/708 - AFR/239 NEW YORK/GENEVA, 7 June (OCHA) -- The United Nations is appealing for $377.7 million to address the immediate needs of 13.4 million people affected by the drought in...

Press Release IHA/706 GENEVA, 6 June (OCHA) -- The international ministerial conference on crisis management that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is convening on 15 and...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 6 June 2000 - "Afghanistan has been hit hard by every possible catastrophe in the last twenty years--war, earthquakes,...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan), 5 June 2000 -- To observe Environment Day in Afghanistan, children in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul City are planting kenaf seeds made...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 2 June 2000 -- In Kabul, the Taleban have renewed their verbal commitment to observe a cease-fire during the second round of...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 25 May 2000 -- The Taliban bombardment of Taloqan on the night of 20 May in the northeastern Afghan province of Takhar has...

Kinshasa, le 23 mai 2000 Dans une large hutte qui fait office d'église chaque dimanche, des nattes sont disposées de façon manifestement trop éparse pour contenir le nombre de personnes présentes...