World Humanitarian Day

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, 30th Plenary Meeting! 02:10:39 Economic and Social Council

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

   Press Conference: Ambassador Mike Waltz, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Jeremy P. Lewin, Senior Official for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State, and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher on funding to the humanitarian system. Watch the Press Conference: Mike Waltz (United States), Jeremy P. Lewin (United States) & Tom Fletcher (OCHA) on funding to the humanitarian system! Media Stakeouts

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

Hurricane Melissa , one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, left a trail of destruction across the northern Caribbean. The Category 5 hurricane caused widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure, and large-scale displacement across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. Watch the Member States Briefing on the Humanitarian Response to Hurricane Melissa! Live Meetings & Events

    Watcb the Informal briefing by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)! Meetings & Events

Under international humanitarian law, aid workers and supplies are protected. Attacking them deprives people of life-saving assistance. We urge those with power and influence to #ActForHumanity by ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded passage of aid for people in need.