Humanitarian issues

15 May 2015

SG/SM/16749-GA/11645-IHA/1368

‘Nepal Has Been Torn Apart’, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly, Calls for Stepped-Up Aid under a Resilient Recovery Approach

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

25 April 2015

SG/SM/16701-IHA/1365

Secretary-General, Sending Condolences to Earthquake-Shattered Nepal, Says United Nations Preparing ‘Major Relief Effort’

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

20 April 2015

SG/SM/16682-IHA/1364

Secretary-General, Briefing on Plans for First-Ever World Humanitarian Summit, Urges Renewed Commitments to Reduce Suffering

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a briefing for Member States on the World Humanitarian Summit in New York today:

31 March 2015

SG/SM/16634-IHA/1363

In Syria, ‘Best Humanitarian Solution Is a Political Solution to End the War’, Secretary-General Tells Pledging Conference

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, in Kuwait today:

26 March 2015

SC/11838-IHA/1362

Security Council Press Statement in Support of the Kuwait Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):

18 March 2015

IHA/1361

Historic Framework Agreement Sets Goals to Reduce Loss of Life, Livelihood, as Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Concludes

SENDAI, JAPAN, 18 March — Death and destruction from earthquakes, extreme weather and other hazards around the world would be decreased significantly by 2030 according to goals set today by countries meeting at the Third World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, which closed this evening in Sendai, Japan.

17 March 2015

IHA/1360

As ‘Public Goods’, Early Warning Systems for Reducing Disaster Risk Must Be Funded by Public Investment, Speakers Agree as Sendai Round Table Segment Concludes

SENDAI, JAPAN, 17 March — Public investment had substantial strategic, operational and tactical benefits for disaster risk reduction, as it could increase resilience, save lives and accelerate recovery of devastated homes, institutions and infrastructure, the Sendai World Conference heard today during its fifth and final ministerial round table.

16 March 2015

IHA/1359

Involvement at Local Level Critical to Reducing Disaster Risk, Speakers Say as Sendai World Conference Continues

SENDAI, JAPAN, 16 March — Speakers in Sendai today called for a paradigm shift to avert the calamitous effects of disasters from a top-down approach to a bottom-up approach that drew on contributions from local leaders and communities, districts and villages, during a discussion titled “Governing Disaster Risk: Overcoming Challenges”.

16 March 2015

SG/SM/16593-IHA/1358

Reducing Disaster Risks Is ‘Everybody’s Business’, Secretary-General Says at Symposium on Great East Japan Earthquake, Calling for ‘All Hands on Deck’

Following are UN Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon’s remarks at a symposium on lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, held at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan today:

15 March 2015

IHA/1357

As Ministerial Forum Opens at Sendai Conference, Focus Turns to Reconstruction after Disasters, Increased International Cooperation in Post-2015 Framework

SENDAI, JAPAN, 15 March — Building back better after earthquakes, cyclones and other destructive forces and international cooperation in reducing harm from future crises were the focus of high-level discussions today in Sendai, Japan, as the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction continued.