Press releases and statements

(Bamako, 31 May 2022): The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, completed today a four-day visit to Mali, his first to Central Sahel...

(Mayo 31 de 2022). El Subsecretario General de las Naciones Unidas para los Asuntos Humanitarios y Coordinador del Socorro de Emergencia, el Sr. Martin Griffiths, anunció la asignación de tres...

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, announced the allocation of three million dollars from the United Nations Central...

Khartoum, 30 May 2022: The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Khardiata Lo Ndiaye has announced a grant of US$20 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for Sudan. “This grant will...

The latest long-lead seasonal forecasts indicate a concrete risk that the October-December rainy season could also fail, worsening the severe humanitarian emergency in the region.

WHO: Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. WHAT: Mission to Mali. WHEN: 28-31 May 2022. WHERE: Bamako. The United Nations...

Ag Geneina, 25 May 2022: The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Khardiata Lo Ndiaye has re-iterated the commitment of humanitarian partners to support thousands of people displaced by inter-communal...

To help meet people's most urgent food security and nutrition needs, OCHA has released $30 million for the four countries: $6 million for Burkina Faso and $8 million each for Chad, Mali and Niger.

In December 2021, Typhoon Rai, locally known as Odette, brought torrential rains to central-southern Philippines and caused widespread damage across 11 out of the country’s 17 regions. Though the...

The response planned for 2022, seeking $4.4 billion, is only 9% funded. More than 14 million people in Syria will lack critical aid, basic services and means for recovery this year without new monies.