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Joyce Msuya, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
Joyce Msuya, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator speaking at the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment on the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis. OCHA/Palmero

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Syria

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Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director, Humanitarian Finance and Resource Mobilization Division on Behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria, 27 April

As delivered Mr. President, The current scale of humanitarian need in Syria is unprecedented, even in the long and brutal history of the Syria crisis. It’s been almost three months since the...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Iran + 4 more

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Press Conference by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 25 April 2023

Martin Griffiths: Thank you very much, thank you very much for coming here. I've come to Tehran to meet, indeed as just happened, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. We just had a very useful...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Sudan + 5 more

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Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Joyce Msuya: Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan, New York, 25 April 2023

As delivered Madame President, thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the desperate humanitarian situation in Sudan. Let me start by expressing my deepest gratitude to all my...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Syria

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Tareq Talahma, Acting Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria

23 March 2023 As prepared Mr. President, The February 6 earthquakes and their aftermath are a stark reminder of the speed with which tragedy can strike, altering lives in a matter of moments. As...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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World

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths Opening remarks at the European Humanitarian Forum 2023, Brussels, 20 March 2023

As delivered Thank you very much indeed for this opportunity on this very important day, at this very important forum. It's a great privilege. I want to thank the European Union, and all its member...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Ukraine + 1 more

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths - Briefing to the Security Council on Global Consequences of the War in Ukraine, 17 March 2023

[As prepared for delivery] Mr. President, When I spoke to this Council about the situation in Ukraine last month, I highlighted the humanitarian impact of the full-scale war a year since it started. ...

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Syria

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria - 28 February 2023

As prepared* Madam President, It is now three weeks since the earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, and the devastating scale of the disaster has come into sharper relief. At least 50,000 people have...

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