World Humanitarian Day

UN seeks $187 million to support flood-affected communities (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) website, 23 January 2026). Briefing organized by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Speakers will include:H.E. Mr. Domingos Estêvão Fernandes, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations in New York; Dr. Catherine Sozi, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Mozambique- Virtual The meeting will be chaired by Ms. Edem Wosornu, OCHA's Director of the Crisis Response Division, who will present an overview of the needs and response across the region. *** "The UN and its humanitarian partners today launched a $187 million appeal following the widespread flooding in the south and centre of the country. This appeal - which is an addendum to the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan - aims to support some 600,000 people through the end of June. OCHA reports that the UN continues to scale up its suppor...

Update on the humanitarian situation in Yemen and the work of the United Nations. Speaker: Julien Harneis, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen . Watch the UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen - Press Conference! Press Conferences

Launch Event of the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) 2026 for Ukraine. AGENDA Introduction from Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Matthias Schmale. Presentations on Strategic Priorities Strategic Priority 1 — Supporting the most vulnerable who remain close to the front line .  Inka Himanen, WFP Representative and Country Director Olga Novikova, Head of Dnipro Office, the Tenth of April NGO Strategic Priority 2 — Responding to vulnerable newly displaced and people evacuated from their places of origin to safer hosting areas, including through transit centres and collective sites.  Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, UNHCR Representative in Ukraine Nataliia Gourjii, Director of the Rokada Charity Fund Strategic Priority 3 — Providing emergency response after strikes. Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine Anna Duda, Country Director of People in Need in Ukraine Strategic Priority 4 — Supporting the centrality of protec...

On 11-12 December, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Foundation will co-host a hybrid 2025 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum  for the first time since 2019. 2025 marks the year in which international cooperation took a drastic turn and put the global humanitarian system under unprecedented strain . The massive funding crisis that emerged hit children, women and men living amid conflict and crisis hardest. It forced the entire humanitarian system to make impossible decisions and hyper-prioritize who gets support. Urgent collective action to protect people by upholding principles and norms and enforcing international humanitarian law is overdue . Related Sites and Documents:  Concept note . (Part 2) 2025 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum - Our shared global responsibility: Holding the line together Meetings & Events

Panel Discussion on the margins of the UN's Humanitarian Week entitled: The Spirit of Humanity : On the Past, Present, and Future of Principled Humanitarian Action . Watch the Spirit of Humanity: On the Past, Present, and Future of Principled Humanitarian Action. Panel on the Humanitarian Principles! Meetings & Events

   On December 11, 2025, UNFPA will launch its 2026 Humanitarian Action Overview (HAO), an annual report that highlights the organization's critical work in crisis settings. In 2026, more than 61 million women and girls of reproductive age will require humanitarian assistance . Conflict, persecution, and climate shocks continue to uproot millions, while attacks on health and protection services leave women and girls without safe places to give birth, seek care after violence, or access contraception. Crises are accelerating faster than systems can respond, pushing communities beyond their limits — with women and girls bearing a disproportionate share of the consequences. At the heart of UNFPA's mission is a simple and enduring principle: no woman should die giving life, and no woman or girl should face violence or exploitation. Even where systems collapse, UNFPA remains committed to ensuring access to quality, life-saving sexual and reproductive health and GBV services when t...