Humanitarian issues

UN Appeals for More Funds to Meet Most Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Sudan

KHARTOUM/GENEVA, 25 August (OCHA) -- The UN today warned that $434 million out of $722 million are still required to respond to Sudan’s most urgent humanitarian needs through the end of the year. 

UNITED NATIONS CONTINUES TO MEET NEEDS OF FLOOD-STRICKEN BANGLADESH

UNITED NATIONS REACHES INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

BY AIR IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARGARETA WAHLSTRÖM OF SWEDEN

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Margareta Wahlström (Sweden) as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator.

UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR FUNDS TO ALLEVIATE KENYAN FOOD CRISIS

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ASSISTS PERU AFTER INTENSE COLD AND SNOWSTORMS

UNITED NATIONS DEPLOYS DISASTER TEAM TO BANGLADESH

UNITED NATIONS HELPS ALLEVIATE BANGLADESH’S WORSENING FLOOD SITUATION

NEW YORK, 27 July (OCHA) -- A new Operations Coordination Room has been set up to consolidate all assessments of the situation on the ground in Bangladesh, where the flood situation is deteriorating.  The Room falls under the Disaster and Emergency Response area of Bangladesh’s Local Consultative Group, which includes such bodies as the United Nations and the World Bank.

United Nations TACKLES FOOD INSECURITY IN KENYA

NEW YORK, 22 July (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies will soon be appealing for international aid on behalf of the Kenyan Government, which has requested assistance to help overcome poor rainfall and severe crop failure.

UN RESPONDS TO FLOODS, LANDSLIDES IN AFGHANISTAN

NEW YORK, 22 July (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies -- together with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Afghan Government and other partners -- are distributing relief items in the north-eastern province of Badakshan.