Our goal is a world where every woman, man and child in need can receive assistance and protection from the impacts of disaster, conflict, displacement, hunger or disease.
This world is now within our grasp. Together we can make this vision a reality.
Humanitarian action has never before reached so many people around the world – but the scale of needs is growing.
In September 2013 the Secretary-General initiated the World Humanitarian Summit – a global consultation process to identify the foundations for progress.
The consultation process has produced a vision for a world whose fundamental humanity is restored, that puts people affected by crises at the heart of humanitarian action and enables them to lead lives of dignity.
Going forward, the consultations have called for humanitarian action to deliver in five key areas.
Empower people to cope and recover with dignity through humanitarian action that puts people at its heart, delivers equally for women and girls, reaches everyone, invests in youth and children, and protects and enables people as the primary agents of their own response.
Keep people safe from harm by putting protection at the centre of humanitarian action, increasing political action to prevent and end conflict, preventing and putting an end to violations of international humanitarian law and ensuring humanitarian action is not instrumentalized.
Build hope and solutions for people in new or prolonged crises, through collective action by humanitarian, development and other partners to strengthen people’s resilience to crises, by investing in preparedness, managing and mitigating risk, reducing vulnerability, finding durable solutions for protracted displacement, and adapting to new threats.
Build diverse and inclusive partnerships that reaffirm the core humanitarian principles, support effective and people-driven humanitarian action, enable first responders to take a leadership role, and leverage the power of innovation.
Ensure sufficient and more efficient use of resources to preserve life, dignity and resilience in crises, through new and diverse funding sources and expanded support to local organizations.