USG Press Room, 2009

OpEds and Articles  by John Holmes Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

 USG John Holmes talks about China

-People's Daily (China), 20 April 2009

 China's vast experience in managing natural disasters has never been so relevant. (PDF The article is in Mandarin)

Let them Decide

-The Guardian, 08 April 2009

 As London witnesses Tamil protests, a bloodbath on the beaches of northern Sri Lanka seems an increasingly real possibility. (read more – also available in PDF).

La situation humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo (The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo)

-Diplomatie Nº 36, Janvier - Fevrier 2009 (January - February 2009)

Interview with John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator... (PDF The article is in French).

Life and livelihoods in Gaza are being made impossible

-European Voice, 30 April 2009

If conditions in Gaza are to improve, basic human needs cannot be treated as bargaining chips. (PDF The article is in English)