As prepared for delivery Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you all for joining us today. As the world is grappling with multiple large-scale crises, it is so important that we are here today...
Speeches and remarks
Speeches and remarks
Somalia + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths Remarks to Member States on the Horn of Africa drought, 9 March 2022
Ukraine
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths remarks at the launch of the Ukraine Flash Appeal 2022, 1 March 2022
As delivered Over recent days we have witnessed scenes of violence unfolding across Ukraine. All of us have seen this with mounting horror. Although attacks continue, and there remains much confusion...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseAssistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Joyce Msuya, Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria, 25 February 2022
Thank you, Mr. President. This is my first briefing to this Council in my role as Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator. I look forward to closely engaging with all of you. A few days ago, the United...
World + 4 more
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths Remarks to the Security Council - General Issues Relating to Sanctions: Preventing their Humanitarian and Unintended Consequences, 7 February 2022
Mr President, Thank you for the opportunity to speak to the members of this Council today on this important issue. I respect very much the weighty responsibility that the Council holds under Chapter...
Philippines
News and Press ReleaseAssistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator a.i., Ramesh Rajasingham, Member States briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Philippines, 2 February 2022
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, Thank you for joining today’s briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Philippines one and a half months after Super Typhoon Rai – locally...
Syria
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, 27 January 2022
New York, 27 January 2022 As delivered I start by saying how extremely concerned we are, and I am sure we all are, about the hundreds of children trapped in a terrifying prison siege in Al-Hasakeh...
Burkina Faso + 3 more
News and Press ReleaseRemarks by United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, Senior Officials Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in the Central Sahel, 27 January 2022
As delivered Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege for me to join today’s Central Sahel meeting. Thanks, in particular to the Governments of Denmark and Germany, and to the European...
Yemen
News and Press ReleaseActing Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ramesh Rajasingham Briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, 12 January 2022
Funding is the biggest constraint but is far from being the only one. Humanitarian access and security also remain challenges, the Acting Deputy ERC warned the UN Security Council.
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, Closing remarks at the launch of the 2022 Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan, Geneva, 11 January 2022
Thank you Dominique, thank you Filippo, and thank you all for your statements today, which are very encouraging. They are very encouraging for a number of reasons, because I think what we are hearing...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, Opening remarks at the launch of the 2022 Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan, Geneva, 11 January 2022
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...