Baghdad, 02 February 2021 – Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, which aims to protect water, livelihoods and wetlands. In 2008, Iraq ratified the Convention...
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq (UN RC/HC Iraq) - Food and Nutrition Updates
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The United Nations and humanitarian partners delivering assistance for displaced families from Mosul [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad, 17 October 2016): The intensification of military operations to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) could affect up to 1.5 million people in the...
Humanitarian partners race to reach people fleeing Heet and areas west of Ramadi
(Baghdad, 16 March 2016): Humanitarian partners are rushing to provide emergency assistance to an estimated 35,000 people who have been newly displaced in hard-to-reach areas west of Ramadi. Lise...
Thousands of civilians are trapped in Iraq and in desperate need of humanitarian assistance [EN/AR/KU]
(Baghdad/Erbil, 20 February 2016): The United Nations is deeply worried about thousands of civilians who are trapped in Fallujah and in Sinjar district. “Urgent steps need to be taken to alleviate...
Much-needed support to front-line health facilities suspended due to lack of funding [EN/AR/KU]
“We are letting down the people of Iraq when they need us the most” (Baghdad, 27 July 2015): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ms. Lise Grande, confirmed today that 184 front line...
Statement on the humanitarian situation in Iraq
Jacqueline Badcock, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq 20 June 2014 I am deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation for hundreds of thousands of women, children and...