World Humanitarian Day 2022; August 19th.

FORUM:  It takes a village. World Humanitarian Day 2022.

The 2022 WHD campaign shines a light on the thousands of volunteers, professionals and crisis-affected people who deliver urgent health care, shelter, food, protection, water and much more.

For this year’s WHD, we will use digital art to tell the stories of people in need and those who help them. At the centre of the campaign is a series of beautifully illustrated aid worker profiles that show the breadth and depth of humanitarian work and collectively symbolize the wider humanitarian village. Follow the conversation with the hashtags #worldhumanitarianday; #19August; #ItTakesAVillage

Conflict, climate change, a pandemic, hunger, displacement... Never has the world seen such complex megacrises. Yet there is a group of people who never give up easing suffering and bringing hope.

EVENTS: Day of Remembrance on the 19th Anniversary of the bomb attack on UN headquarters in Bagdad.

The 19th anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad will be observed on Friday, 19 August 2022 with a brief ceremony organized by the Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service and DMSPC. The ceremony also marks the observance of World Humanitarian Day designated by the General Assembly in 2008 to honour humanitarian aid workers who have been killed or injured in the course of their work.

 

OCHA in 2011 "Responding in a Changing World "

OCHA plays a key role in operational coordination in crisis situations. This includes assessing situations and needs; agreeing common priorities; developing common strategies to address issues such as negotiating access, mobilizing funding and other resources; clarifying consistent public messaging; and monitoring progress. OCHA also administers the cluster coordination system for the Humanitarian Coordinator, including meetings, data and information management, and reporting.

By ensuring that the right structures, partnerships and leaders are supported, OCHA and its humanitarian partners can better prepare for and more effectively coordinate humanitarian situations.

 

OCHA Strategic Framework

 

 

 

OCHA in 2011

OCHA serves as the secretariat for critical inter-agency coordination mechanisms such as the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, rapid-response tools, such as the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination system, and the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group. OCHA also promotes efficient interaction between civilian and military actors in humanitarian operations, bridges gaps in environmental emergency management, and maps global emergency relief stockpiles on behalf of the whole humanitarian community.