Humanitarian issues

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-Level Conference in New York today, 11 December:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Abdullah al Matouq of Kuwait as his Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait. The Secretary-General looks forward to Mr. Al Matouq working closely with the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs to build stronger partnerships in Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York, 17 September:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the World Humanitarian Day Celebration in the General Assembly Hall, featuring Beyoncé, in New York on 10 August:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Meeting of Inter-Agency Standing Committee Principals, in New York, today, 24 April:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in New York on 16 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the 2011 Humanitarian of the Year Gala Dinner, delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York on 13 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks for World Humanitarian Day, in New York today, 19 August:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Emergency Ministerial Meeting on the Horn of Africa, as delivered by Gwi-Yeop Son, Director of Corporate Programmes Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in Rome, 18 August: