Humanity & Inclusion welcomes the decision by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to ask his incoming Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths to appoint a Special Adviser on the preservation of humanitarian space and access, and to strengthen humanitarian negotiations in this context.
Aid agencies are warning of a looming humanitarian catastrophe if the UN Security Council fails to renew a resolution allowing lifesaving aid delivered cross-border to reach Syria.
Suite à une demande portée depuis la Conférence Nationale Humanitaire (CNH) par toutes les organisations de solidarité internationale, les sénateurs français ont ancré l’inclusion du principe de non-discrimination dans la loi de programmation relative au développement solidaire et à la lutte contre les inégalités mondiales.
Humanity & Inclusion, Human Rights Watch, International Disability Alliance, Women Enabled International and the Women’s Refugee Commission have released a joint submission for the High Commissioner’s report on promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations, focusing specifically on women and girls with disabilities.
UN Security Council must assure continued cross-border access.
Twenty-one aid organisations working in Yemen remain extremely concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) which came into effect on 19 January.
Le 17 décembre à Paris se tiendra la Conférence Nationale Humanitaire. Elle réunira les principales organisations non gouvernementales humanitaires, dont HI. Emmanuel Macron s’y exprimera. Parmi les sujets prioritaires, et pour lesquels les ONG ont des demandes très précises : la sécurité des travailleurs humanitaires et la protection de l’espace humanitaire.
With the United Nations estimating some 235 million people across the globe will be in need of life-saving support in 2021, it is vital that aid organisations have unhindered access to those most in need and humanitarian appeals are fully funded, seven* NGOs said today.
Six months after the global ceasefire appeal issued by UN Secretary General Guterres, HI together with other aid organisations warns about the lack of progress towards peace globally, which is leaving millions suffering from the impacts of both war and the global COVID-19 pandemic.