Statements and speeches by John Holmes,
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
and Emergency Relief Coordinator in 2008

Statements/speeches at the United Nations and its organs/bodies.

• Press briefing on the situation in Gaza - 29 December 2008.

• Press briefing to launch a new global advocacy campaign on internal displacement - 18  December 2008.

• Press briefing to provide an update on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - 5 December 2008.

• USG Statement to the Security Council on the Situation in Chad and Sudan - 3 December 2008.

• USG Remarks at the Humanitarian Appeal 2009 launch - 19 November 2008.

• USG Statement on the occasion of the Sudan Work Plan launch - 20 November 2008.

• USG Statement on abduction of NGO worker in Afghanistan - 3 November 2008.

• USG Remarks at the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles conference on Internal Displacement, Oslo - 16 October 2008.

• USG Remarks introducing the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of the ISDR during the 63rd session of the GA - 28 October 2008.

• USG Opening remarks at the ODSG meeting in Mexico - 10 Sept 2008.

• ERC Statement - ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment - 15 July 2008.

• ERC Statement - Myanmar Revised Appeal Launch - 10 July 2008.

• ERC Briefing to the Security Council on Afghanistan - 9 July 2008.

• ERC Briefing to the Security Council on Zimbabwe - 12 June 2008.

• ERC Statement on Zimbabwe - 6 June 2008.

• ERC Statement to the Security Council on Protection of Civilians - 27 May 2008. 

• ERC Briefing at UN-ASEAN Pledging Conference - 25 May 2008.

• ERC Speech - Myanmar Flash Appeal Launch - 9 May 2008.

• USG/ERC Speech (English, Arabic) at the DIHAD Conference, Dubai - 8 April 2008.

• ERC Briefing to the Security Council following mission to the oPt 26 February 2008. 

• Briefing to the Security Council following mission to Kenya - 25 February 2008.

• USG/ERC Speech - SDN Week High Level Panel: “Investing in Disaster Prevention for Sustainable Development” - 20 February 2008.

• USG/ERC Speech in Helsinki at the Humanitarian Agenda 2015 seminar on 12 February 2008.

• ERC speech at The European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid in the International Context, Brussels - 29 January 2008.

• Briefing to a Donor meeting on the Timor-Leste Humanitarian Situation, New York - 22 January 2008.
  

• Closing remarks by the USG at a Donor meeting on Timor-Leste Humanitarian Situation, New York - 22 January 2008.