Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) is an annual event organized the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

for the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks. In 2023, for example, the organization successfully coordinated significant humanitarian efforts...

international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment...

mainland Sumatra. The plight of the affected people and countries prompted a worldwide humanitarian response, with donations totalling more than US$14...

hardest hit regions were Tigray, Wollo, and Eritrea – areas with extremely limited road and transportation networks. Moreover, these regions were the scenes...

Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance, usually in the short-term, to people in need. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees...

is a British diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations from 2021 to...

as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, and co-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel...

Cape Town in South Africa, and Jammu and Kashmir in India. A protest was planned in Hong Kong. All NGOs and humanitarian agencies, including UN agencies...

international community of States has developed and adopted instruments of International Humanitarian Law, the international law rules relevant in times...

Cluster System, in which groups of humanitarian organizations (UN and non-UN) work to restore health, shelter, nutrition and economic activity. The World Health...

World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have died working for humanitarian causes....

Humanitarian aid workers belonging to United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement...

multilateral treaty that defines who a refugee is and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant...

Solferino (French: Un souvenir de Solférino) is a book of the Swiss humanitarian Henry Dunant published in 1862. It proved decisive in the founding of...

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was...

Minister Churchill during the latter's three-week visit to the White House in December 1941. Churchill agreed and cited Lord Byron's use of the phrase "United...

militants and reclaimed the Mosul Dam. On 31 August, the United States, France, United Kingdom and Australia began humanitarian aid drops of food, water and medical...

and strengthening the effectiveness of humanitarian response through building partnerships. The IASC clustered similar humanitarian organizations and...

countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel. The most-watched...

the country and that she strongly urged "all armed groups to respect international humanitarian law and the activities of humanitarians". On 1 January...

September 1957) is a Norwegian diplomat, political scientist, humanitarian leader, and former Labour Party politician who has been Secretary General of...

attempt by four UN and civilian helicopters succeeded in evacuating about 15 US nationals, Sudanese-Americans and those working in humanitarian operations, from...

From Virus Outbreak to Humanitarian Crisis". In Mühlberger, Elke; Hensley, Lisa L.; Towner, Jonathan S. (eds.). Marburg- and Ebolaviruses: From Ecosystems...

in humanitarian aid, to give more decision making power and funding to organizations and people that are based in countries affected by humanitarian emergencies...

Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) sets out nine commitments for humanitarian and development actors to measure and improve...

The Humanitarian Cluster System is a system, used by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, to coordinate multi-agency...

Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician, human rights activist, feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS, effective November 2019...

southern Somalia in four to six weeks due to inadequate humanitarian response caused both by ongoing access restrictions and funding gaps. The Economist also...

Sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian response first came to public attention with the release of a report in February 2002 of a joint assessment...