ECOSOC Special Segment on Economic, Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance
Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, moderates the session on the theme: "Restoring humanity, respecting human dignity and leaving no one behind: working together to reduce people’s humanitarian need, risk and vulnerability". On his side is Jerry Matthews Matjila, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations and Vice President of the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), who showed a video featuring Nelson Mandela (on screen).