World Humanitarian Day

What evidence should guide humanitarian reform in an era of rising needs and shrinking resources?  This event brings together financing and evaluative perspectives to explore priorities for a more effective, accountable and adaptive humanitarian system. As humanitarian needs continue to grow amid constrained resources and ongoing reform efforts, evidence-informed decision-making is more important than ever. This side event brings together two major sources of humanitarian evidence: the Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) Report 2026 , the leading annual assessment of international humanitarian financing , and the Synthesis of Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHEs) , which distills lessons from major humanitarian crises over the past decade. The discussion will examine key trends in humanitarian financing , including donor contributions, funding gaps and reform priorities, alongside system-wide evaluative findings on what has worked, where persistent challenges remain, ...

The 2026 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment is taking place in New York from 17 to 19 June 2026, bringing together Member States and humanitarian and development partners. Related Sites and Documents:  ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2026 . Watch the 2026 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment - Economic and Social Council, 28th Plenary Meeting Live Economic and Social Council

e On the margins of the 2026 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment , this side event will focus on how the Humanitarian Reset can be leveraged to address the hunger crisis . With a specific focus on strengthening local and national service delivery systems and scaling up innovative financing and anticipatory action, interventions will examine how the humanitarian system can respond more effectively to today's food and nutrition crises by placing affected communities and national actors at the center of action. Related Sites and Documents:  Concept Note  &  Flyer . Watch From Global Reform to Local Leadership: Leveraging the Humanitarian Reset to combat acute food insecurity, malnutrition and famine! Live Side Events

The event will examine how the humanitarian landscape is being reshaped by global risks and trends, such as the erosion of multilateralism and the acceleration of technological change through artificial intelligence, as well as the immediate drivers of need identified in the Global Humanitarian Overview. Under the theme Navigating Global Risks: Priorities for the Future of Humanitarian Action , the event will provide a unique forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue on emerging global risks and trends shaping humanitarian action in 2026 and beyond . Anchored in ongoing reform efforts under the Humanitarian Reset and UN80, it will make a timely and substantive contribution to strategic reflection on the future of humanitarian action. Co-organized with University of Oxford Nuffield College, the event will bring together historical, political economic, and operational perspectives to examine how humanitarian action must adapt under conditions of systemic stress, considering the practical ...

     The 2026 UN International bazaar received strong support from the wife of UN Secretary-General António Guterres. More than 40 countries and international organizations, including the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the U.N. , participated in the event. President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, along with permanent representatives from many countries, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Watch the OCHA Potential Contribution from the 2026 UN International Bazaar! Meetings & Events

All Permanent and Observer Missions and other International Organizations are invited to a "Member States briefing on the situation in Cuba". Distinguished speakers will include: • H.E. Mr. Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations in New York • Mr. Francisco Pichón, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cuba 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. Watch the Member States briefing on the situation in Cuba! Meetings & Events