Press releases and statements

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 8 March 2000 - "United Nations agencies working for Afghanistan salute and commend Afghan women for their dedication to their...

The United Nations expresses its gratitude to the many generous Governments, groups and individuals who are reaching out to help the victims of the floods in Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 3 March 2000 - Due to a severe drought in southern Afghanistan, the water table in Kandahar region has dropped to dangerously...

Khartoum, Nairobi, Geneva, New York. 1 March 2000 - The United Nations Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today confirmed on behalf of Operation Lifeline Sudan the evacuation...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 25 February 2000 -- The third Tripartite Repatriation Commission (TRC) meeting was held in Kabul on 23 February 2000 to review...

Press Release IHA/696 - 20000223 Geneva-New York, 23 February 2000 The United Nations today issued an Inter-Agency Appeal to address the devastation caused by recent floods in Mozambique which is...

HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION UNIT KHARTOUM SUDAN KHARTOUM, Saturday 12 February 2000 The United Nations today Saturday 12 February confirmed the release on Thursday 10 February 2000, of four personnel...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 11 February 2000 -- The price of wheat in Kabul has increased almost 50% since October, said Michael Sackett at the press...

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the brutal attack on Monday against staff from Medecins Sans Frontieres, who were en route by vehicle from Jijiga to Degah Bur in Ethiopia. This heinous act...

At the invitation of the Government of Burundi, the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Francis M. Deng, is visiting Burundi from 6-11 February...