Baghdad, 19 April 2023 – The Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq calls on the Government of Iraq to ensure the safety and well-being of the 342 families who had to depart from the Jeddah...
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United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Iraq launches the Humanitarian Transition Overview on behalf of the Iraq Humanitarian Country Team [EN/AR]
Baghdad, 28 February 2023 – On behalf of the Iraq Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in Iraq has launched the Humanitarian...
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International Migrants Day 2021: Statement from the UN Network on Migration in Iraq [EN/AR/KU]
Baghdad — Every year, on 18 December, the United Nations observes International Migrants Day to highlight the contributions made by migrants, as well as the challenges that they may face. ...
UN and Government of Iraq sign the updated Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development to support prosperity and development [EN/AR/KU]
Sunday, 5 September 2021: The Government of Iraq and the United Nations have signed the updated version of the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2020-2024, which will guide the...
Deputy Special Representative for Iraq visits Ninewa, advocates for increased efforts to facilitate IDP return [EN/AR]
Ninewa, Iraq - The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano, travelled to Ninewa...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano on World Humanitarian Day [EN/AR]
(Baghdad, 19 August 2020) I am honored to mark World Humanitarian Day as one of my first acts as the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq. The commemoration has special significance here, as World...
United Nations extremely concerned about the impact of bureaucratic constraints leading to reduced humanitarian access to 2.4 million Iraqis in need of assistance [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad) 16 JANUARY 2020: Marta Ruedas, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations in Iraq, expressed her strong concern today over the suspension in granting access letters to humanitarian...
United Nations expresses concern over return of IDPs from Ninewa to AlAnbar, Kirkuk and Salah al-Din governorates [EN/AR/KU]
2 September 2019 (Baghdad) - Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Iraq Marta Ruedas expressed her concerns regarding the means and methods of transfers of internally displaced persons...
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Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller – Opening Remarks at Member States Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Iraq, 10 July 2019
New York, 10 July 2019 Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you all for joining our briefing today on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. I have the pleasure to be joined by the...
Humanitarian community appeals for US$701 million to reach 1.75 million Iraqis with assistance [EN/AR]
Baghdad, 29 April 2019 - The humanitarian community in Iraq is appealing for US$701 million this year to support 1.75 million highly vulnerable people, including a million internally displaced...
Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq: Relief Assistance Underway for Victims of Flooding, Pledges Continued Support for Government of Iraq Emergency Response Effort [EN/AR/KU]
Baghdad, Iraq - 24 November 2018 - The United Nations and international and local humanitarian partners have joined the Government of Iraq’s specialized agencies in providing support for the tens of...
UN Baghdad hotel bombing survivors: Andrew Clapham
It has been 15 years since the terrorist attack on the UN compound at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad: “the darkest day in our lives at the United Nations”, in the words of then Secretary-General Kofi...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq Ms. Marta Ruedas on the one-year anniversary of the liberation of Mosul city [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 21 July 2018): Today marks the one-year anniversary of the end of military operations by Iraqi security forces to retake Mosul city in Ninewa governorate from the Islamic State of Iraq and...
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High-level joint conference on the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan, Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan and priority needs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Erbil; Iraq. 11 April 2018 – On 10 April, the Kurdistan Regional Government together with the United Nations and its partners held a high-level joint conference on the priority needs in the Kurdistan...
Iraq: 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan Overview - February 2018 [EN/AR]
Strategic Objectives Protection remains the overriding humanitarian priority during 2018 During 2018, humanitarian partners are committed to doing everything possible to ensure that highly vulnerable...
Iraq Humanitarian Community launches the Real-Time Accountability Partnership [EN/AR]
Erbil, Iraq, 11 February 2018 – On 31st of January, the Humanitarian Community in Iraq launched the Real-Time Accountability Partnership (RTAP), a multi-agency initiative for addressing gender-based...
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Generous German funding will significantly help vulnerable people in Iraq [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 10 December 2017): The Federal Foreign Office of Germany has generously donated EUR 30 million (USD 34.8 million) to the Iraq Humanitarian Fund (IHF), a pooled fund led by the Humanitarian...
Humanitarian partners are rushing to help the victims of the earthquake [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 13 November 2017): An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale struck last night approximately 32kms from the city of Halabja, Iraq. The earthquake was felt across Iraq,...
Humanitarians are reaching thousands of recently displaced people [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 21 October 2017) – Humanitarian partners are reaching thousands of people with emergency assistance on a daily basis. During the past week, well over 100,000 civilians fled from Kirkuk,...
Thousands of Families from Kirkuk Are Returning [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 17 October 2017): In the past 48 hours, an estimated 61,200 people have been displaced in areas around Kirkuk. Humanitarian partners have dispatched mobile health clinics and are providing...