One Humanity: Shared Responsibility - Report of the Secretary-General for the World Humanitarian Summit (Advance Unedited Draft)

On 9 February 2016 the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches his report for the World Humanitarian Summit, taking place in Istanbul on 23 and 24 May 2016. The Secretary-General’s report emphasizes the urgency and timeliness of the Summit, given the level of challenges facing the international community and the human suffering witnessed today. The Secretary-General calls upon Member States, the United Nations and humanitarian organizations and other relevant stakeholders to accept and act upon five core responsibilities to deliver for humanity and puts forward his Agenda for Humanity that outlines the key actions and strategic shifts necessary to deliver on them.