Global Humanitarian Forum - Press Releases

Author:	pkullander	Created:	Monday, May 11, 2009
Press Releases

Global Humanitarian Forum Addresses Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change on the “Drylands”

By pkullander on Wednesday, November 21, 2007

DUBAI, 21 November 2007 – On 21 November 2007 in Dubai, Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, a Board Member of the Global Humanitarian Forum and UN Messenger for Peace and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at the Columbia University, convened with the Global Humanitarian Forum a meeting on an urgent topic of global significance: “The Drylands Challenges.”

Kofi Annan launches Global Humanitarian Forum

By pkullander on Wednesday, October 17, 2007

GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 October 2007 – Today former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, launched the Global Humanitarian Forum. The launch event was attended by some three hundred representatives of governments; intergovernmental, non-governmental and civil society organizations; as well as academia and the business community.