Humanitarian issues

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level debate “Health Care and Violence: the Need for Effective Prevention”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony recognizing the humanitarian leadership of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, in New York, 9 September:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Security Council open briefing on the protection of humanitarian workers in New York on 19 August:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks at the event marking World Humanitarian Day, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Humanitarian Day, observed on 19 August:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Kennedy Center event for people in the Philippines “After the Storm”, in Washington, D.C., on 14 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level briefing to Member States on the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York today: