{"id":123667,"date":"2016-09-23T10:32:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/whs-humanitarian-summit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T22:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T03:58:57","slug":"whs-humanitarian-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/whs-humanitarian-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"WHS: Humanitarian summit has \u2018set new course,\u2019 says Ban, calling for action on commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"phtocaption\">United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on stage at the closing ceremony of the World Humanitarian Summit. 24 May 2016. Photo: UNOCHA<\/p>\n<div id=\"fullstory\">\n<div class=\"add-this\"><\/div>\n<p>Hailing the global community\u2019s achievements at the first-ever\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhumanitariansummit.org\/\">World Humanitarian Summit<\/a>, United Nations\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/\">Secretary-General<\/a>\u00a0Ban Ki-moon today called for commitments made to be taken forward for transformative change from the top down and from the ground up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe World Humanitarian Summit has been a unique event, in form as well as substance,\u201d Mr. Ban said in Istanbul, Turkey, speaking to reporters on the second and last day of the Summit, dedicated to improving the humanitarian system and alleviating the suffering of millions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the wealth, knowledge and awareness to take better care of one another. But we need action, based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhumanitariansummit.org\/learn\">five core responsibilities<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consultations.worldhumanitariansummit.org\/bitcache\/e49881ca33e3740b5f37162857cedc92c7c1e354?vid=569103&amp;disposition=inline&amp;op=view\">Agenda for Humanity<\/a>,\u201d he stressed, referring to the principles that guided the hundreds of events organized at the two-day conference.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the Summit brought together 173 Member States, 55 Heads of State and Governments, some 350 private sector representatives, and over 2000 people from civil society and non-governmental organizations. Together, some 1,500 commitments were made, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=54018#.V0SSQPkrLX4\">Education Cannot Wait fund<\/a>\u00a0to help provide quality education to children and youth in crises.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/world\/un-aid-panel-calls-grand-bargain-finance\">Grand Bargain<\/a>\u00a0that will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of investment in emergency response<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/news\/story\/en\/item\/416017\/icode\/\">Global Preparedness Partnership<\/a>\u00a0to better prepare twenty of the countries that are most at risk of crisis<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/one-billion-coalition\">One Billion Coalition for Resilience<\/a>\u00a0which aims to mobilize a billion people to build safer and more stable communities worldwide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet, the Secretary-General also expressed disappointment that some world leaders could not be in Istanbul, especially from the G7 countries, except Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"item\"><a rel=\"gallery-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/dh\/photos\/large\/2016\/May\/05-24-2016Closing.webp\" title=\"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the closing of the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul,Turkey. Photo: UNOCHA\" class=\"lightbox\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-caption\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sela.org\/media\/2366578\/05-24-2016closing_500x333.webp\" alt=\"05-24-2016closing _500x 333\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the closing of the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul,Turkey. Photo: UNOCHA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey are some of the most generous donors of funding for humanitarian action, but I urge their greater engagement, particularly in the search for political solutions,\u201d he stressed, noting that \u201caligning the interests of such a diverse constellation of actors is inherently challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief said divisions between the members of the Security Council have prevented progress in recent years, not only on critical issues of war and peace, but on humanitarian affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I make a special appeal to leaders of the nations that are permanent Members of that Council to take important steps at the highest level. Their absence from this meeting does not provide an excuse for inaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the closing ceremony with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mr. Ban further highlighted that the Summit is not an end point, but a turning point.<\/p>\n<p><em>Closing plenary and ceremony of the World Humanitarian Summit. Credit: United Nations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn September, I will report to the United Nations General Assembly on the Summit\u2019s achievements,\u201d he noted. \u201cI will propose ways to take our commitments forward through intergovernmental processes, inter-agency forums and other mechanisms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHS: Humanitarian summit has \u2018set new course,\u2019 says Ban, calling for action on commitments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}