Speeches and remarks

A warm welcome to everyone in this meeting. Excellencies, partners, friends, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us for a very important moment of profound consequence today in this...

Thank you, Mr. President. The Secretary-General has issued, as you referred to, Mr. President, his report requested by Council members with regard to Security Council resolution 2585. This report...

Universal poverty, reaching 97 per cent of the population, could be the next grim milestone. “We cannot fail to do what we know is right, and what we know is possible”, said the UN Relief chief.

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council on this issue. The world’s failure to bring this pandemic under control in fragile and conflict-affected countries continues to...

Thank you very much, Mr. President. The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues to deteriorate as a result of conflict and economic collapse. I will focus my remarks today on what this means for...

Let me personally welcome everyone here and online in my capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Thank you very much for being here. That alone...

As delivered A warm welcome to everybody both here and, of course, online, for this important event. When I was last in Ethiopia, a few weeks ago, I met a group of women in Mekelle, in Tigray, all of...

Thank you for the opportunity to speak at this launch. Before I start, I just want to say how clear a clarion call were the remarks just now from Samantha Power. I certainly very much agree that we...

As delivered Thank you, Minister Cleverly, for your remarks. This is the third year running that the United Kingdom has hosted this event – a testament to the ongoing commitment of Her Majesty’s...

8 November As delivered Dear friends, I am pleased to welcome you to this event, organized by OCHA, UNDRR and WMO. This climate conference is critical. Humanitarian aid workers are already on the...