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ISTANBUL, 24 May — With record numbers of people requiring life-saving assistance and funding drastically short of meeting those needs, leaders today concluded the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul endorsing five responsibilities to improve aid delivery, support refugees, uphold international law, increase financing and prevent the crises generating the largest migration flows in 70 years.

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table on Women and Girls: Catalysing Action to Achieve Gender Equality, at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Mayors’ Focus Session on Cities’ Response to Migration at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the World Humanitarian Summit event on the Good Humanitarian Donorship initiative, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Round Table on Natural Disasters and Climate Change at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the World Humanitarian Summit side event on “Top Five:  Innovations”, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the side event at the World Humanitarian Summit on “Security Council Action in the Service of Humanity:  Implementing the Commitment to Prevent or End Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes”, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the closing ceremony of the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table on “Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity” at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the World Humanitarian Summit side event on “Call to Action for Addressing Gender-Based Violence”, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table “Changing People’s Lives:  From Delivering Aid to Ending Need”, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Special Session on Migrants and Humanitarian Action, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level round table on humanitarian financing at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table “Political Leadership to Prevent and End Conflict”, at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks on “Reducing Humanitarian Needs:  Peacebuilding and the Prevention of Violent Conflicts”, as prepared for delivery in Istanbul today:

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ISTANBUL, 23 May - The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit opened today in Istanbul with more than 65 Heads of State and Government, and numerous public- and private-sector stakeholders gathered for two days of high-level discussions on ways to rapidly advance global efforts to address the record numbers of people suffering from conflict, climate disasters and hunger.

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table “Leave No One Behind: A Commitment to Address Forced Displacement”, in Istanbul today:

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to Member States on preparations for the World Humanitarian Summit, today in New York:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the informal briefing to Member States on the World Humanitarian Summit preparations, in New York today: