Humanitarian issues

UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSING EMERGENCY HEALTH NEEDS IN HAITI

NEW YORK, 16 March (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- United Nations humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners are scaling up their operations to meet the emergency health needs of Haitians affected by the recent crisis there.

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDS TO MADAGASCAR CYCLONE

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS $35 MILLION FOR HAITI

Port-au-Prince/New York/Geneva, 9 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations today launched a Flash Appeal for Haiti for $35 million to meet emergency humanitarian needs created by the recent violence that has engulfed the country.  The Appeal will fund humanitarian aid over six months for more than 3 million people, mostly women and children, out of a total population of 8.3 million. 

ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SEVEN UN BODIES EXPRESS CALL FOR IMPROVED HEALTH,

LIVING CONDITIONS FOR PALESTINIAN WOMEN

PRESS STATEMENT ON HAITI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Haiti delivered by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière (France):

RELIEF SUPPLIES BEING STOLEN FROM RECIPIENTS IN SUDAN

NEW YORK, 27 February (OCHA) -– Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s Darfur region report that armed militias are robbing them of the aid they have received from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.

UN CONDEMNS DELIBERATE AND CONCERTED ATTACK

ON AID WORKERS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN

UN REPORT SAYS THOUSANDS IN SOMALIA THREATENED BY FOOD SHORTAGES

NEW YORK, 27 February (OCHA) -- More than 200,000 people in Somalia's northern and central regions face extreme food shortages due to a prolonged drought considered the worst in 30 years, a new report has warned.

MILLIONS OF CHILDREN’S FUTURE BLIGHTED BY FUNDING CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

GENEVA, 26 February (OCHA) -– The future of millions of children in six southern African countries is being put in jeopardy by a massive lack of funds and international support for crucial aid projects, according to a warning issued today by eight United Nations agencies at the launch of the Mid Term Review of the Consolidated Appeal for southern Africa.

UNITED NATIONS TEAM ARRIVES AT MOROCCAN QUAKE SITE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 February (OCHA) -- A United Nations Disaster and Coordination Assessment (UNDAC) team has arrived in Morocco after a powerful earthquake killed more than 550 people in northern part of the country near the coastal city of Al Hoceima.  The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) dispatched the six-member team.