Press releases and statements

Press Release IHA/681 - 19990702 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 2 July (UN Information Service) -- With natural disasters throughout the world appearing to be on the rise, the international...

UNITED NATIONS Advocacy & External Relations Unit Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - New York Tel.: 1-212-963-4832/2380; Fax: 1-212-963-1312 It was with profound sorrow and...

It was with great concern that I learned of the abduction last Friday of a relief worker with Terra Nuova while on a humanitarian mission in the Lower Juba Region of southern Somalia. This incident...

I would like to welcome the announcement made yesterday by His Excellency President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir on his Government's decision to declare a comprehensive cease-fire in all the States of...

STATEMENT BY THE ASSISTANT EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR AND DIRECTOR OF OCHA, GENEVA MR. ROSS MOUNTAIN AT THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES WORKING GROUP OF THE PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL Geneva, 6 April...

We, the Executive Directors of UNICEF and the World Food Programme, together with the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, wish to express our disappointment over inaccurate and unbalanced...

Office of the UN Resident / Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD - In response to calls from authorities and the affected communities, UN agencies are currently contributing essential...

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is very concerned by a report that ICRC had to withdraw its delegates from Freetown following a request to do so by a member of the...

ISLAMABAD: Today the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Mr. Hans Joachim Daerr presented the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance for...

I am extremely concerned by the current situation in Angola and Sierra Leone, where recent heavy fighting and insecurity has forced humanitarian agencies to either drastically reduce their presence...