Humanitarian issues

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level event marking the tenth anniversary of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), in New York, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rashid Khalikov of the Russian Federation as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Partnerships with the Middle East and Central Asia, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Geneva.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Glasser of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Association of New York Humanitarian Awards Dinner, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the World Humanitarian Summit Global Consultation, today in Geneva, Switzerland:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a World Humanitarian Summit side event, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s introductory remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level panel debate “Uniting around the Principle of Humanity”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Humanitarian Forum on the Role of Civil Society in Humanitarian Emergencies, in Oslo today:

The following announcement was made today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly meeting on Nepal, in New York today: