The Lancet
Jun 04, 2016 Volume 387 Number 10035 p2263-2350
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current
Editorial
World Humanitarian Summit: next steps crucial
The Lancet
Summary
Ban Ki-moon’s final flagship initiative for his tenure as UN Secretary-General, the World Humanitarian Summit, was held in Istanbul, Turkey, last week (May 23–24). The meeting, the first of its kind, was marred in controversy before it started, with Médecins Sans Frontières boycotting the event because it did not believe that it would address the weaknesses in humanitarian action and emergency response. Other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were sceptical too. Were they right?