Press releases and statements

Press Release - IHA/663 Issues Report on War-Displaced in Ethiopia GENEVA, 7 September (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations today appealed for $8.9 million to meet the urgent humanitarian...

Statement attributable to the USG for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello Following the outbreak of conflict in Guinea-Bissau on 7 June 1998, UN agencies and other partners were evacuated...

The United Nations today appealed for $20.2 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of populations affected by the crisis in Sierra Leone, including those displaced within the country as well...

IHA/98/07 Experts tell committee meeting of the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction that El Niño is in its dying stage, warn that frequency and severity of natural disasters will...

It is with profound sorrow and regret that I have learned of the deaths yesterday of Sumaln Samson Ohin and Hag Ali Hammad of WFP and of Magboul Magboul of the Sudanese Red Crescent, who were killed...

United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on El Niño Press Kit No. 2 United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on El Niño- Press Kit no. 2 1. The Scientific Outlook WMO UNITAR 2. The Social and Economic...

ISLAMABAD - A United Nations team today flew to Kandahar, southwestern Afghanistan, to announce the lifting of its two-month suspension of activities in the region. The UN plans to return...

New York, 13 May 1998 - Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.--- The United Nations today warmly welcomed the announcement from the Government of Sudan that it would, for the first...

Press Release IHA/658 NEW YORK, 13 May (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations today warmly welcomed the announcement from the Government of Sudan that it would,...

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - 4 May 1998 - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator welcomes the agreement reached yesterday in...