Mogadishu, 21 August 2023 – On the occasion of the 2023 World Humanitarian Day, the humanitarian community in Somalia, led by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident...
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Statement by Mr. Magatte Guisse, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia ad interim, on the situation in Laas Caanood, 3 March 2023
Mogadishu, 3 March 2023 - I am extremely concerned about the humanitarian impact of the fighting in Laas Caanood, in the disputed Sool Region. According to UNSOM HRPG/ OHCHR, between 28 December and...
Somalia: Food security improving but recovery remains fragile
Mogadishu, 2 September 2018: The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, today urged the international community to sustain assistance to people affected by conflict, 2017 drought...
Humanitarian partners relieving suffering and scaling up assistance in Somalia to avert famine
Mogadishu, 20 February 2017 — In view of the serious humanitarian situation, and the risk of a famine unfolding in Somalia, humanitarian partners are scaling up assistance and protection and have...
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Somalia Humanitarian Fund allocates US$3.2 million for urgent drought response, including new contribution from Sweden
Mogadishu, 21 December 2016 – A new contribution of US$2.2 million from the Government of Sweden to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has immediately been allocated by the Humanitarian Coordinator...
US$7 million to boost humanitarian assistance for internally displaced Somalis
Mogadishu, 9 September 2016 — The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, released US$7 million on 26 August from the multi-donor Somalia Humanitarian Fund to scale up lifesaving and...
Somalia: Update Call for Aid - Drought & El Niño July-September 2016
The Gu rains from April to June 2016 provided some relief and reduced the impact of the drought in parts of Puntland and Somaliland. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) managed...
Somalia: Food security and malnutrition situation alarming
(Mogadishu, 8 February 2016): The food security and malnutrition situation in Somalia is alarming, especially in parts of Puntland and Somaliland, which have been hard hit by drought exacerbated by...
Somali Health Sector: A Call for life saving health programmes especially for women and children
A stable, prosperous and democratic country is a top priority for the wider Somali national interests and international community. Working within the ‘Somali Compact’ and the ‘New Deal Initiative’,...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator on the presentation of the Post-Gu food and nutrition assessment
Thank you very much. My name is Peter de Clercq and I am the Humanitarian Coordinator here in Somalia. Thank you very much to the representatives of Somali and international media for joining us...
Somalia: More assistance needed in recently opened-up areas, says Humanitarian Coordinator
(Mogadishu, 21 August 2015): The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, has just returned from humanitarian assessment visits in the towns of Baardheere and Diinsoor, in the Gedo and...
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Somalia: Situation in Puntland and Somaliland still dire, says incoming Humanitarian Coordinator
(Mogadishu, 12 August 2015): The newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, has just completed his...
Somalia: UN Humanitarian Coordinator commemorates one-year anniversary of last polio case
Mogadishu, 11 August 2015 — Today marks the one-year anniversary of the last reported case of polio in Somalia. To mark the occasion, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini [EN/SO]
(Mogadishu, 29January 2015): According to new assessment findings released today by the Food Security and Analysis Unit, managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Famine Early...
Statement from the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia [EN/SO]
(Mogadishu, 10 December 2014) Speaking after the launch of the 2015 Global Humanitarian Response plans in Geneva on 8 December 2014, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini,...
Statement from the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini: "Race against time to help drought and conflict stricken communities in Somalia" [EN/SO]
(New York/Mogadishu, 10 October 2014) The humanitarian operation in Somalia requires urgent scale-up. We are in a race against time to save lives in areas stricken by drought and conflict. I am...
Remarks by Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini during meeting with the Security Council in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 13 August 2014 - Good afternoon distinguished representatives of the Security Council. I am pleased to welcome you to Somalia and for this opportunity to brief you on the humanitarian...
Statement on "International Youth Day" by Philippe Lazzarini, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia [EN/SO]
Mogadishu, 12 August 2014: “The theme of this year’s “International Youth Day” is “Youth and mental health”. There are only few countries in which mental health is as important a topic as in Somalia...
Statement from the UN Humanitarian Coordinator: As Somalia’s fragile improvements continue, HC cautions against complacency
(Mogadishu, 4 February 2014) — Commenting on the latest results of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit twice annual assessment and forecast of the food...
Somalia’s humanitarian crisis must stay on the global agenda
Nairobi (20 July 2012) – One year after famine was declared in parts of Somalia on 20 July 2011, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, is calling attention to the plight of 3.8...