3+ week, 5+ day ago  (883+ words) Thank you, Mr. President. It is the nature of the crises on which I brief you, and the increasingly challenging context in which humanitarians work, that my updates to this Council tend to be sobering. But today, I am in…...

10+ hour, 49+ min ago  (351+ words) On this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), we stand in solidarity with LGBTIQ+ communities around the world and with our LGBTIQ+ colleagues. This day reminds us that intolerance, discrimination and hostility remain a reality for far too…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1243+ words) Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator New York, 15 May 2026 Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you to the Deputy Special Envoy [Claudio Cordone] for…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (676+ words) At Security Council, UN relief chief calls Syria "a country on the precipice of promise" But he warned that funding was falling as humanitarian needs remain high, with 15. 6 million people " most'of'them'women, girls and children " in need of assistance this year....

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (363+ words) OCHA A rapid survey conducted by OCHA in January and February 2025 found that there are currently 849 movement obstacles that permanently or intermittently restrict the movement of 3. 3 million Palestinians across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the H2 area of Hebron…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (737+ words) UN vehicle hit by drone strikes while delivering aid OCHA reports that large-scale attacks over the past day struck Kyiv and other areas in western and central Ukraine, damaging civilian infrastructure and causing more than 140 civilian casualties, including children. While…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1328+ words) Remarks to the press on US humanitarian funding by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator New York, 15 September 2025" Thank you very much, Ambassador Mike Waltz [U. S. Representative to the United Nations] and thank you, Under Secretary Jeremy…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (278+ words) OCHA UN Relief Chief says new US funding will "help save millions of lives" Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under'Secretary'General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator New York, 14 May 2026 I echo the Secretary'General's thanks for the United States' further commitment…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (755+ words) Waste disposal beyond capacity, driving health hazards OCHA reports that Dr. Alakbarov visited a dumping site that continues to receive waste'despite being beyond capacity. This is the result'of'Israeli denials of access'to'Gaza's two sanitary landfills near the Strip's perimeter, where Israeli…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (616+ words) Text by Adedeji Ademigbuji and Maureen Oyeru Tebetha Nyabuath Puok and her family were among thousands forced to flee as their homes in Old Fangak town in South Sudan were hit by severe floods five years ago. "I didn't know…...