Speeches and remarks

As prepared for delivery Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to address the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. For nearly 100...

Across Ukraine, attacks and extreme weather left millions of people in a record 1,000 villages and towns without electricity or water at the beginning of this week, as temperatures dropped below -15C.

Thank you, Mr. President. 2023 has proven to be yet another challenging year for the people of Syria. It started with devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye, and northern and western Syria,...

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan 20 December 2023 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, It is hard to put into words the extent of the daily struggle...

Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome. It is a great pleasure to be here in Addis Ababa, for the third and last of three consecutive events marking the release of the Global...

As delivered Allow me to start with an unscripted part of my remarks, and that is to say thank you, honorable Prime Minister [H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani of Qatar], to...

Geneva, 11 December 2023 As delivered Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, The world is in the midst of one of the largest humanitarian crises of the modern era, with the devastation...

Video file of press conference available here The full Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 is accessible on this link [ https://humanitarianaction.info/document/global-humanitarian-overview-2024 ] I...

Thank you very much, thank you very much indeed. Today marks two months to the day since the start of the Gazan tragedy. That day, October the 7th, with the terrible events that happened to the...

As delivered Thanks very much indeed, and thank you, honourable Secretary-General [António Guterres], for gracing this event and opening it with those remarks. And welcome to all to this 2024...