Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in Sendai, Japan today:
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Humanitarian issues
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations high-level event on “Uniting Nations, People and Action for Resilience”, in Sendai, Japan, today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Stephen O’Brien of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the launch of the International Humanitarian City’s Strategy 2015-2020, in Dubai, aired on 12 January:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Conference, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the third annual Global Humanitarian Policy Forum, to be held in New York, 3‑4 December:
The following statement by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the celebration in honour of the Amir of Kuwait, delivered by Abdullah al Matouq, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait, in Cairo today: