Good evening everyone and thank you very much for joining us on a Saturday evening. The Horn of Africa is once again in the grip of a severe drought. I have just come back from the Somali Region,...
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UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos meets Nigerian and ECOWAS leadership in Abuja
(Abuja/New York, 6 July 2011): Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos today met in Abuja with Nigerian and ECOWAS officials to discuss the...
Statement on South Kordofan, Sudan Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Afffairs Valerie Amos, 21 june 2011
(New York: 21 June 2011): The treatment of civilians in South Kordofan, including the reported human rights abuses and targeting of people along ethnic lines, is reprehensible. We know that more than...
Statement on South Kordofan, Sudan by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Afffairs Valerie Amos - 15 June 2011
(New York: 15 June 2011): I am extremely alarmed by the violence that has engulfed South Kordofan in Sudan since 5 June and the increasing reports of civilians being targeted. Humanitarian...
Statement by Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos on the situation in Syria
(New York: 13 June 2011): I am deeply concerned about the violence over the past few months in Syria, which has reportedly killed 1,200 people and caused over 10,000 to flee the country. I call on...
Statement by Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos on the situation in Yemen
(New York: 27 May 2011): I am deeply alarmed by the escalating violence in Yemen, where recent heavy fighting in the capital Sanaa killed and injured dozens of people. There are reports of many...
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos Statement at Member States Briefing on Western Sahel
Thank you for coming to this briefing on the Sahel. I am joined on the podium by my colleague UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. Last July, we faced a food crisis that affected 10 million people, and...
Israel + 1 more
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos - Statement to the Press on mission to occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
Thank you. I want to report on a four-day visit I made to the occupied Palestinian territory and to Israel. I met Palestinian and Israeli officials as well as affected Palestinians and humanitarian...
Egypt + 2 more
Statement of Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator - Launch of the Regional Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis
Welcome to this briefing on Libya. Since the beginning of the crisis in Libya almost three months ago, over 803,000 people have fled the country. The conflict, the breakdown of state infrastructure,...
Afghanistan + 7 more
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos - Briefing to the Security Council on Protection of Civilians, New York, 10 May 2011
Mr. President, I will focus my remarks today on the pressing need to ensure more effective protection for civilians in the conduct of hostilities. The deliberate targeting of civilians or other...
Egypt + 3 more
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos - Statement to the Security Council on Libya, New York, 9 May 2011
Watch the webcast Mr. President. Thank you for this opportunity to provide an overview of the humanitarian situation in Libya. Over 746,000 people have fled the country. The conflict, the breakdown...
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos: Statement to the Press on Libya Mission
New York, 20 April 2011 I have just returned from a two-day mission to Libya, during which I was able to visit Tripoli and Benghazi. My purpose was to secure an agreement to establish humanitarian...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos Briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Côte d'Ivoire, New York, 13 April 2011
Mr. President, I appreciate this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Côte d’Ivoire, including findings from my mission last week to Man and Duékoué in Côte...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos Statement to the Press on Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia mission
Watch the Webcast I have just returned from a deeply troubling visit to Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. Over the weekend in Liberia I visited a transit site for some of the newly arrived refugees from...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator: Statement in Monrovia, Liberia
CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY 2 APRIL 2011 Liberia has made great strides in achieving peace and security over the past few years. It is unfortunate that my first trip here comes amidst the crisis that is...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
Déclaration de Mme Valerie Amos, Secrétaire générale adjointe des Nations Unies, chargée des affaires humanitaires et coordinatrice des secours d'urgence à Monrovia, Libéria
2 AVRIL 2011 Le Libéria a accompli d'énormes progrès dans le domaine de la paix et la sécurité au cours de ces dernières années. C'est cependant avec regret que ma première mission en terre...
DR Congo + 1 more
Déclaration à la presse sur la Province Orientale (RDC) par Mme. Valerie Amos, Secrétaire générale adjointe chargée des affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice des secours d'urgence, 10 mars 2011, Dungu
Aujourd'hui j'ai été interpellée par les témoignages que j'ai entendus. Quelques centaines de membres de la LRA commettent des atrocités horrifiantes. Bien qu'ils ne soient pas nombreux, ils sont...
DR Congo + 1 more
Press statement on the Orientale Province (DRC) by Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 10 March 2011, Dungu
Today I was appalled by the testimonies I heard. A few hundred members of the LRA commit horrific atrocities. These are not large numbers, but they are responsible for nearly 300,000 people being...
Déclaration à la presse de Mme. Valerie Amos, Secrétaire générale adjointe chargée des affaires humanitaires et Coordonnatrice des secours d'urgence, à la conclusion de sa visite en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Kinshasa, 10 mars 2011
La situation humanitaire en RDC est non seulement une des plus sérieuses dans le monde, mais aussi une des plus persistantes. Des millions de personnes dans des zones de crise ont rarement connu la...
Press statement by Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, at the conclusion of her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kinshasa, 10 March 2011
The DRC's humanitarian situation is not only one of the world's most serious, but also one of the most enduring. In conflict areas, millions of people have rarely known peace and security. Many live...