As prepared for delivery Thank you, Madam President. This month marks one year since the catastrophic earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria in February 2023. As we reflect on the first...
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Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the one-year anniversary of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria [EN/AR]
6 February 2024 A year since a series of earthquakes killed 50,000 people in Türkiye and 5,900 people in Syria, thousands of families have yet to heal from the impact of the devastation. Survivors...
Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director, Humanitarian Finance and Resource Mobilization Division, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief - Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, 21 Dec 2023
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,...
Ms. Edem Wosornu, OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy, on Behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in Syria, 28 November 2023
28 November 2023 As prepared Thank you, Mr. President. The situation in Syria remains dire. Continued fighting and the displacement of tens of thousands of people have deepened humanitarian needs and...
Ms. Edem Wosornu, OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria 30 October 2023 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President In recent weeks, the world’s attention has been fixed on the crisis in...
Ms. Edem Wosornu, OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria 27 September 2023 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. From the humanitarian side, allow me to begin, today, on a positive...
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Press briefing by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, New York, 7 July 2023
Thanks for this opportunity. I'll do the usual few opening remarks and, of course, be eager to take questions. I was in Syria last week, had meetings with the authorities in Damascus – President...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria - 29 June 2023
As prepared for delivery. Thank you, Madam President [Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Ms. Lana Nusseibeh], I returned yesterday from Damascus with a greater sense of the...
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...
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...
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...
Ms. Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, Officer in Charge, Operations and Advocacy Division on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator - Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria
Ms. Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, Officer in Charge, Operations and Advocacy Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Remarks on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Statement for the Security Council Briefing on Syria, 21 December 2022
As delivered Thank you very much, Madam President. I am afraid you hear from me very similar tones and words that you just heard from Geir about the extraordinarily gloomy and dire situation faced by...
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Statement for the Security Council Briefing on Syria, 29 November 2022
New York, 29 November 2022 As delivered Thank you, Mme. President. I just want to say that the force of words from Geir absolutely gives us the context for today’s discussion. I am very grateful to...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, 14 September 2022
New York, 14 September 2022 Merci M. le President. Thank you very much indeed, Since my Deputy, the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, briefed you two weeks ago, hostilities in Syria...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, 20 June 2022
New York, 20 June 2022 As delivered Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you to the Members of the Council. You have just heard the Secretary-General’s remarks on the humanitarian situation in...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths - Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, 20 May 2022
As delivered Thank you very much, Madam President. Ten days ago, we both attended the Sixth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region”. This event, organized by the...
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, Remarks to the Brussels VI Conference “Supporting the future of Syria and the region”
Excellencies, Thank you very much for inviting me to be part of this very important session and this very important day. And I probably will say things that you have heard before, but I think it is...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, 24 March 2022
Madam President, This month marks eleven years of war, destruction, and humanitarian crisis for the people of Syria. Such devastation finds few parallels in recent history. Over 350,000 people have...
Under-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...