UNOCHA [to 12 April 2014]
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Press Releases
12 Apr 2014
South Sudan: United Nations, United States and European Union call for immediate action on South Sudan
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, US Agency for International Development Country: South Sudan (Washington DC, 12 April 2014) The heads of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the European Union (EU) Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response today called for more…

12 Apr 2014
Solomon Islands: United Nations working together in flood-affected Honiara
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Solomon Islands (Honiara, 12 April 2014): The United Nations is working together in Honiara to assist the thousands of people affected by flash flooding in the capital and Guadalcanal Province. A week after floods devastated the Solomon Islands, 21 people are confirmed dead with two missing and an estimated 52,000 affected across Honiara City and greater Guadalcanal. Over 10 UN agencies are in Honiara to distribute…

11 Apr 2014
South Sudan: Central Emergency Response Fund allocates another US$15 million for South Sudan
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: South Sudan (New York, 11 April 2014): The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Valerie Amos, has allocated US$15 million to support the most critical life-saving aid operations in South Sudan. This is the second allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to South Sudan in 2014, bringing the total CERF funding to the crisis this year to $30.3 million. “The people of South Sudan are in…

10 Apr 2014
Syrian Arab Republic: Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos Statement on Syria
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab Republic (New York, 10 April 2014) Yesterday’s deadly car bomb attacks on a shopping street in Homs remind us again of the contempt the parties to this conflict show for human life. More than twenty people were killed and more than one hundred injured, including women and children going about their daily business. Two volunteers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were among the injured as they arrived in an…

10 Apr 2014
Tajikistan: OCHA ROCCA Times #2 (March 2014)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan OCHA Regional Office for Caucasus and Central Asia Newsletter Spring is here and we are happy to share the second issue of the ROCCA times. In March, our attention was consumed by the evolving crisis in Ukraine. Although our office covers only countries in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, we were requested to provide preparedness support to the United Nations Country Team in Ukraine…

09 Apr 2014
Sudan: Darfur: New Humanitarian Needs and Aid Delivery Fact Sheet, 7 April 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Sudan A new wave of violence across Darfur has generated enormous additional humanitarian needs since late February 2014. Hostilities and violence involving Government forces supported by the Rapid Support Force, a Government-affiliated militia, armed movements and armed tribal militia in Darfur have spread across much of North and South Darfur, with some spillover effects to Central, West and East Darfur states. As of 7…

07 Apr 2014
Solomon Islands: Pacific Humanitarian Team deploying to support Solomon Islands flash flood response
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Solomon Islands (Suva, 7 April 2014): The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) has begun deployments to Honiara today in support of the Government’s response to flash floods which have devastated the capital and provinces in the Solomon Islands. Heavy rain from a tropical depression caused severe flooding in Honiara after the Mataniko River burst its banks, washing away homes and bridges. The Government has confirmed 21…