Press releases and statements

The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith surrounded by cameras
The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.

Press releases and statements

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Somalia

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Joint UN mission to sound alarm on humanitarian crisis in Somalia

7 March 2024, New York/Rome - With nearly 7 million people in Somalia – or two out of every five people – in need of life-saving assistance in Somalia this year, and 1.7 million children likely to...

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  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Nigeria

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Mr. Mohamed Malick Fall, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria: Statement on the reported abduction of scores of civilians in Ngala, Borno (6 March 2024)

Abuja, 6 March 2024 The United Nations strongly condemns the reported abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of them women, boys and girls, in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria
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Haiti

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Thousands of civilians in Port-au-Prince trapped by recent violence

Port-au-Prince, 6 March 2024 - Since 29 February, violence caused by armed gangs in Port-au- Prince has led to the displacement of thousands of civilians and made access to basic social services...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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oPt

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Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of OCHA Coordination Division, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Update on Food Security Risks in Gaza, 27 February 2024

As delivered Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, Excellencies, In resolution 2417 (2018), you requested the Secretary-General report to you swiftly when the risk of conflict-induced famine...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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