The following statement was made in Jerusalem on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, by Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today could have been a celebration of the 75th anniversary of … Continue reading →
On 31 October 2023, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, OCHA Director of Coordination delivered a briefing to the UN Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine, on Behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths. While … Continue reading →
We should remember that the wars in Ukraine and Palestine are not the only current wars. On 15 October 2023, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths issued a statement saying that “half a year of … Continue reading →
United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory wrote on 19 August 2023: Today, we mark World Humanitarian Day, reaffirming our commitment to the protection, well-being, and dignity of all those affected by crises. The day also pays … Continue reading →
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in the middle of June 2022 that nearly four months since the start of the war, the humanitarian situation across Ukraine—particularly in eastern Donbas—is extremely alarming and continues to … Continue reading →
On 8 July 2021, Lynn Hastings, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, issued the following statement. For this and other statements see the ochaopt.org website I visited Gaza today again, to see what progress has been made, now … Continue reading →
OCHA serves the world’s most vulnerable people through its staff based in offices around the world. Humanitarian response in 2020 was like no other year. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the world was confronting the “biggest international … Continue reading →
The following links take you to recent news pages and articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and elsewhere. More news available here and on the OCHA Twitter page. Democratic Republic of Congo Maii Mozambique … Continue reading →
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued the following statement on 16 July 2020. The UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has called on G20 nations to act now or face a series of human tragedies more brutal … Continue reading →
We reported on 26 March [1] that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan (Global HRP) which aims to raise $2 billion to fight the virus in 53 of … Continue reading →