Press releases and statements

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that an increasing number of Afghan refugees are returning home from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. In one of the single largest...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 13 April 2000 -- United Nations international staff returned to Kandahar, Afghanistan on April 12. The return followed several...

50% des villages sur la Côte Est, touchés par le cyclone «Hudah», sont isolés Le cyclone tropical «Hudah» qui a touché l'Est de Madagascar les 2 et 3 avril était très violent avec une force de 122...

IHA/701 GENEVA/NEW YORK, 4 April (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations today launched an "Inter-Agency Appeal for Mongolia 'Dzud 2000' -- An Evolving Disaster",...

Press Release Nairobi - The United Nations today warned that if the coming rainy season fails, a major disaster could unfold in parts of Somalia. Already, up to six hundred and fifty thousand people...

The United Nations withdrew all international staff from Kandahar, Afghanistan, on the evening of 28 March. The five staff represented the Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator, WFP, UNHCR, WHO,...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan),24 March 2000 - "In a prolonged crisis, such as that in Afghanistan, we cannot delay providing rehabilitation and development...

Geneva / New York - The Government of Mozambique today launched an update of its international appeal of 23 February. The new appeal seeks resources from the international community in the amount of...

Geneva 17 March - After two weeks in Mozambique co-ordinating the relief efforts, Ross Mountain, Special Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary-General, returned to Geneva this morning where he briefed...

The Emergency Relief Coordinator, a.i. is alarmed over reports of recent bombings in Sudan of civilian targets in Nuba, Yirol and Lui. These actions have led to the death and injury of innocent...