Humanitarian issues

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the high-level event on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ursula Mueller of Germany as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Central Emergency Response Fund high-level pledging conference, in New York, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the opening of the 2016 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ahmed Al Meraikhi of Qatar as his Humanitarian Envoy.  He will succeed Abdullah al Matouq of Kuwait, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service to the organization.

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

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the event marking 15 years of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT), in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Baku International Humanitarian Forum, delivered by Cihan Sultanoglu, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Baku today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Habitat Day, observed on 3 October: