Humanitarian issues

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the World Humanitarian Summit side event on “Call to Action for Addressing Gender-Based Violence”, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Mayors’ Focus Session on Cities’ Response to Migration at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level round table on humanitarian financing at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table “Political Leadership to Prevent and End Conflict”, at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks on “Reducing Humanitarian Needs:  Peacebuilding and the Prevention of Violent Conflicts”, as prepared for delivery in Istanbul today:

ISTANBUL, 23 May - The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit opened today in Istanbul with more than 65 Heads of State and Government, and numerous public- and private-sector stakeholders gathered for two days of high-level discussions on ways to rapidly advance global efforts to address the record numbers of people suffering from conflict, climate disasters and hunger.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table “Leave No One Behind: A Commitment to Address Forced Displacement”, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table “Changing People’s Lives:  From Delivering Aid to Ending Need”, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Special Session on Migrants and Humanitarian Action, in Istanbul today: