MANILA, 12 November 2024 – The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in the Philippines has launched the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan, aiming to support 210,000 of the most affected people...
The Philippines faces a complex landscape of recurring hazards such as tropical cyclones, flooding, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, and was identified as the most disaster-affected country in...
TACLOBAN – In a significant step towards improving adolescent health and curbing adolescent pregnancies in Eastern Visayas, the United Nations, and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)...
The UN calls for increased support for climate resilience in the Philippines as drought wreaks havoc Manila, 20 April 2024 -- The international community is behind the Philippine Government as it...
Today we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Philippines on 8 November 2013, resulting in over 6,300 deaths and the...
MANILA, 24 February 2023--The United Nations (UN) Philippines took a major step towards crafting the UN's Cooperation Framework with the Philippines for the period 2024 to 2028. In a meeting of over...
Leyte, Philippines, 19 December 2022 – Over 1,000 transitional shelters have been handed over to families who have lost their homes to Typhoons Odette and Agaton. These shelters aim to support...
DAVAO CITY, 17 December 2022—A United Nations (UN) Philippines peacebuilding joint programme in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked its completion with results that...
MANILA, 2 August 2022 –The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines has arranged a satellite image assessment on the impact of the recent 7.0-magnitud earthquake to support the work of the Philippines...
Manila, 24 December 2021--The Humanitarian Country Team in the Philippines today launched the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities plan to respond to the needs of 530,000 people in the worst affected...
COTABATO CITY, 1 December 2021—Members of the United Nations (UN) Country Team in the Philippines, led by Resident Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez, came to Cotabato City on 29 November 2021 to support...
UNited To Leave No One Behind, the United Nations (UN) Philippines' monthly newsletter, brings the voices of partners of the UN Philippines on the ground: women and children, the elderly and infirm,...
MANILA, 9 February 2021--In the provinces of Albay and Catanduanes, the United Nations (UN) Philippines is providing life-saving support that combines cash assistance, shelter repair, and water and...
In Albay province, where Filipinos lost their homes in the onslaught of Super Typhoon Goni, 1,030 families have received building materials, tools and cash to help put a roof over their heads.
MANILA, 29 October 2020 -- The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines has mobilized some P1.4 billion through 150 COVID-19 rapid-response activities being implemented by 20 UN agencies throughout the...
MANILA/COTABATO, Philippines, 13 August 2020—The UN and the Bangsamoro Government jointly launched today a programme that aims to build the resilience of households in BARMM, with special attention...
Vanuatu + 3 more
1. Highlights a. Vanuatu • An estimated 80 – 90 per cent of population in Sanma have lost their homes, while approximately 60 per cent of schools and 20 per cent of healthcare facilities have been...
31 January 2015, Manila – The United Nations team in the Philippines joins in mourning those who lost their lives in the tragic incident of 25 January in Mamasapano in Mindanao, and expresses its...
(Manila, 6 November 2014) Marking the first anniversary of super Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) the Humanitarian Country Team and the United Nations Country Team and their partners in the...
The United Nations Country Team welcomes the momentous signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the final peace agreement between the Government of the Republic of the...
