Ban Ki-moon's Keynote at the Launch of the World Disasters Report 2018

Watch the full recorded video of BKMC Co-chair Ban Ki-moon's keynote at the launch of the World Disasters Report 2018.

World Disasters Report 2018 was launched by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Austrian Red Cross, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), and Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens at the Vienna International Centre in Austria on November 12th, 2018.

The event featured BKMC Co-chair Ban Ki-moon, Chief Luc St-Pierre of Space Applications at UNOOSA, President Annemarie Huber-Hotz of Swiss Red Cross, Under Secretary-General Jemilah Mahmood of IFRC, and Secretary-General Verner Kerschbaum of Austrian Red Cross on the panel.

Ban underlined his appreciation to the IFRC for its dedication to “saving lives, protecting livelihoods, strengthening recovery from disasters and crisis, enabling healthy and safe living, and promoting social inclusion and the culture of non-violence and peace.”

Titled “Leaving No One Behind,” the World Disasters Report 2018 emphasizes that the international humanitarian sector must do more to respond to the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people.