As a young person, I saw the actions of and believed in the United Nations as a force for health and peace in the world. Griffiths identifies clearly the reason for my disappointment with that body over the last few years. We need this global conscience now as much or more than we ever did. I hope its current leadership is up to the challenge.

The UN is stocked with incredible people. It is still an indispensable institution. As such, its only unforgivable sin is inaction. This risks becoming endemic, with serious consequences for our planet’s most vulnerable people.

We can’t continue to let them down. This great global project has to find the courage to make itself relevant once again, and fast, if any of its future anniversaries are to be worth celebrating.

Martin Griffiths is the former UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/26/un-recover-courage-palestine-ukraine-sudan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I’ve seen the UN at its best. As it turns 80, with a world in crisis, it must recover its courage

The UN has a power and a legitimacy that could be used to save lives in Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan. But a culture of caution must be addressed, says Martin Griffiths, a former UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs

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News Haber EshaHaber Dışişleri Bakanı Fidan ve BM Genel Sekreter Yardımcı arasında ikili görüşme: Dışişleri Bakanı Hakan Fidan, Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) İnsani İşlerden Sorumlu eski Genel Sekreter Yardımcısı ve Acil Yardım Koordinatörü Martin Griffiths'i kabul etti.

Dışişleri Bakanlığının X sosyal medya hesabından yapılan paylaşıma göre Fidan, dün Ankara'da Griffiths ile bir araya… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/disisleri-bakani-fidan-ve-bm-genel-sekreter-yardimci-arasinda-ikili-gorusme-207807.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #DışişleriBakanlığı #HakanFidan #BM #MartinGriffiths #Ankara

Dışişleri Bakanı Fidan ve BM Genel Sekreter Yardımcı arasında ikili görüşme

Dışişleri Bakanaı Fidan dün BM Eskş Genel Sekreter yardımcısını makamında kabul etti.

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#MartinGriffiths UN Humanitarian affairs Coordinator speaks to #AlJazeera about the situation in #Gaza

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Situation in Gaza ‘traumatising’ for humanitarian aid workers: UN coordinator

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#PostOffice tried to ‘hush up’ case of worker who killed himself, inquiry hears

Inquiry hears firm ‘drip fed’ compensation to #MartinGriffiths’ widow as incentive for her to ‘maintain confidentialty’
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Post Office tried to ‘hush up’ case of worker who killed himself, inquiry hears

Inquiry hears firm ‘drip fed’ compensation to Martin Griffiths’ widow as incentive for her to ‘maintain confidentialty’

The Guardian
Long Covid Forces The UN's Humanitarian Chief To Quit

Martin Griffiths, the UN’s under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, is quitting because of long covid. Although if you only glanced at the headlines about this news, you wouldn’t know it. Almost all of them told us that his decision was due to ‘health reasons.’

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#MartinGriffiths said #humanitarianaidvehicles marked vehicles by #SavageIsraeliForces, one humanitarian aid worker's in hospital

Also, 2 Al Jazeera #journalists beaten up by said forces in East Jerusalem.

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Israel-Hamas war live: talks under way on three-day ceasefire for hostage release; WHO says disease spreading in Gaza

Reported terms would enable more aid to enter territory in exchange for release of dozen hostages held by Hamas

the Guardian

The #UN’s under-secretary-general for for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, #MartinGriffiths, has released a statement on today’s aid delivery to #Gaza where he said the humanitarian situation “has reached catastrophic levels”. #Israel #Egypt

UN warns aid must reach Gaza in a 'safe, dependable, unconditional and unimpeded manner'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/21/israel-hamas-war-live-biden-hostages-israel-gaza-ground-assault-border-crossing-palestinians-aid?page=with:block-65338a5f8f0841cbe55a8db9#block-65338a5f8f0841cbe55a8db9

Israel-Hamas war live: aid trucks enter Gaza as Rafah crossing on border with Egypt opens

Aid officials tell the Guardian that 20 aid trucks will be permitted to enter Gaza todayHamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 15

the Guardian
Die späte Reaktion der UN auf das Erdbeben in Syrien führte laut Einschätzungen von Betroffenen vor Ort zu vermeidbaren weiteren Opfern. Doch werden die UN ihr bereits öffentlich eingestandenes Versagen auch aufarbeiten?
Syrien: Die verspätete Erdbebenhilfe und das Versäumnis der UN | DW | 27.03.2023
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Syrien: Die verspätete Erdbebenhilfe und das Versäumnis der UN | DW | 27.03.2023

Die späte Reaktion der UN auf das Erdbeben in Syrien führte laut Einschätzungen von Betroffenen vor Ort zu vermeidbaren weiteren Opfern. Doch werden die UN ihr bereits öffentlich eingestandenes Versagen auch aufarbeiten?

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