UN to convene first ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in 2016
26 September 2013 – The first World Humanitarian Summit will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2016, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today, as he appealed to Member States to support this effort to better assist some 100 million people in need each year.
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