UNFPA responds to the CAR humanitarian crisis by providing life saving reproductive health services
Bangui, 3 February 2014— As part of the humanitarian community, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has responded to the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) by providing emergency assistance, including clean…
Interview of Kaarina Immonen
The humanitarian situation in CAR constitutes a big concern for the humanitarian community. On the ground, several actions are conducted every day to meet the urgent needs of the affected people. But many challenges remain…
The Security Council on the Situation in the Central African Republic (CAR)
Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) Ms. Margaret Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the…
UN chief uses Central African Republic visit to spotlight ongoing crisis, urge end to violence
5 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday to focus the world's attention on a crisis that has been marked by widespread atrocities and suffering, and to call…
Central African Republic: UN study warns crisis devastating economy, livelihoods
7 April 2014 – The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is devastating the economy and people's ability to secure basic necessities, says a new joint United Nations assessment, which warns that as the violence…
Security Council establishes UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic
10 April 2014 – Deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation and ongoing human rights abuses in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today approved the establishment of a nearly 12,000…
World must help people of Central African Republic ‘not tomorrow – today,’ declares UN chief
14 April 2014 – More than 70,000 people are now living in horrendous conditions crammed into the Central African Republic (CAR) Bangui airport – the lucky ones under weather-beaten tarps just yards from the runway. Others are…
Ban returns to airwaves in Central African Republic to call for end to fighting
17 April 2014 – On the heels of his recent visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), where the deadly rift between Christians and Muslims continues to widen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today in a radio message appealed…
In Central African Republic, ‘more children will die from malnutrition than bullets’ – UN agency
25 April 2014 – The number of children being treated for severe acute malnutrition in the Central African Republic’s war-torn capital, Bangui, has tripled since the beginning of 2014, the United Nations Children’s Fund (…
Ban names deputy heads of new UN Central African Republic mission
25 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Aurélien Agbenonci of Benin and Laurence D. Wohlers of the United States as his Deputy Special Representatives at the newly-created United Nations Multidimensional…
After deadly attack, UN agency urges safety for displaced in Central African Republic
29 April 2014 – At least two people were killed and six others injured in the Central African Republic (CAR) after an attack on an 18-truck humanitarian convoy relocating 1,300 Muslims to safety in the country’s north, a…
Ethnic violence, rhetoric of fear now “ugly face' of Central African Republic crisis – UN official
1 May 2014 – With rival Christian and Muslim militias stoking inter-communal violence and spreading fear throughout the Central African Republic (CAR), a senior United Nations relief official today urged the international…