(Nairobi, 15 May 2022): The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, concluded a two-day visit to Kenya on 13 Maywhere he saw first-hand...
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The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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Kenya + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Chief calls for urgent action to save lives and communities amidst the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in four decades
Syria + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: Deputy UN Humanitarian Chief to visit Syria and Jordan [EN/AR]
WHO: Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator WHAT: Mission to Syria and Jordan WHEN: 15-20 May 2022 WHERE: Damascus, Homs and Amman...
World
News and Press ReleaseAssistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, Opening of the PSEAH Event “Fit for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment?”, 11 May 2022
VIDEO MESSAGE Welcome to this interactive theatre event. I very much regret that I cannot be with you today. I have seen the terrible scars borne by women and children who have suffered sexual...
Kenya + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseMedia Advisory: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths mission to Kenya
WHO: Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths. WHAT: Mission to Kenya. WHEN: 12-13 May 2022. WHERE: Nairobi and Turkana. Communities in the Horn of Africa are experiencing one of the most severe...
Syria + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseMensaje de líderes de las Naciones Unidas – en materia humanitaria, de refugiados y de desarrollo – con respecto a la situación en Siria y la región
Declaración de Martin Griffiths, Subsecretario General de la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios y Ayuda de Emergencia; de Filippo Grandi, Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Refugiados; y de Achim...
Syria + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseMessage des chefs des agences des Nations Unies pour la coordination humanitaire, les réfugiés et le développement sur la situation en Syrie et dans la région
Déclaration conjointe de Martin Griffiths, Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d’urgence, Filippo Grandi, Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les...
Syria + 5 more
News and Press ReleaseMessage from the United Nations humanitarian, refugee, and development chiefs on the situation in Syria and the region
Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and the Administrator of...
Colombia
News and Press ReleaseComunicado de prensa: Llamado a la protección de la población civil
Bogotá, 10 de mayo de 2022 El Equipo Humanitario País en Colombia (EHP) rechaza la violencia armada que tiene lugar en gran parte del país y particularmente en los departamentos de Antioquia,...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Osnat Lubrani, on the evacuations from Azovstal and Mariupol, 8 May 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
"Another round of evacuations of civilians from Azovstal steelworks and other areas around Mariupol has been successfully concluded today. I am immensely relieved to confirm that more than 170 people...
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseStatement by Amin Awad, Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, 8 May 2022
Kyiv – (8 May 2022) - I am profoundly shocked by reports of an attack which struck a school building in Bilohorivka, the Luhansk Region in east Ukraine, where an estimated 90 people were seeking...