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Press Releases
27 Feb 2014
Philippines: UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for Continued Support to Meet Millions of People’s Needs four Months After Typhoon Haiyan

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Philippines (Manila/New York, 27 February 2014): United Nations Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos concluded a two-day visit to the Philippines today, calling on the international community to continue supporting critical humanitarian efforts in the country where significant needs remain, four months after Typhoon Haiyan struck. “There is huge progress,” said Ms. Amos, who had previously visited the affected areas twice…

27 Feb 2014
South Sudan: Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos statement on South Sudan
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: South Sudan (New York, 27 February 2014) I am deeply concerned by the grave humanitarian situation in South Sudan, where, despite the recent ceasefire agreement, the lives of millions of civilians are threatened by lack of food, outbreaks of disease, and continued violence. Malakal, a city in Upper Nile State that I visited just a month ago, saw shocking violence and human rights abuses last week. More than 100 people…

27 Feb 2014
Philippines: Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos – Press Remarks on the Philippines, Manila, 27 February 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Philippines Thank you very much and good morning everyone. I am back in the Philippines. This is my third visit. I had the opportunity yesterday to return to parts of Eastern Visayas region that were devastated by Typhoon Haiyan and see for myself the progress that has been made since my visits in November. Tacloban today is almost unrecognizable from the city I saw in November. Streets that were piled high with debris…

25 Feb 2014
Syrian Arab Republic: Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Kyung-Wha Kang – General Assembly informal meeting on Syria
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic New York, 25 February 2014 On behalf of the USG for humanitarian affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, I thank you for this opportunity to brief the General Assembly on the humanitarian situation in Syria. During the three years of the conflict, the death toll has reached well over 100,000 many months ago and over 680,000 have been injured….

25 Feb 2014
Central African Republic: Humanitarian coordinator in CAR Abdou Dieng calls for urgent scale up of security of Muslims trapped in Bangui
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Central African Republic Bangui, 21 February 2014: The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Mr. Abdou Dieng, visited the PK 12 neighborhood of the capital Bangui today and urged for an immediate scale up of security measures in order provide better protection to some 3,000 members of the Muslim community who have been trapped there for two months. Fleeing attacks by anti-Balaka militias, this…

24 Feb 2014
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Déclaration du Coordonnateur Humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo, Moustapha Soumaré, sur les exactions commises à l’encontre des civils dans le Territoire de Masisi, Nord-Kivu – Kinshasa, 24 Février 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo « Depuis plusieurs semaines, le Masisi est le théâtre de multiples exactions commises à l’encontre des civils. Des rapports alarmants font états d’assassinats -dont de nombreux sur une base ethnique – commis par des groupes armés dans la partie sud du territoire où près d’une quarantaine de personnes auraient été tuées et des villages incendiés. Au nord-ouest de Masisi centre, des…

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