Summary: Local organisations are typically first to respond in a crisis, yet continue to receive only a small share of humanitarian funding directly. This is often attributed to capacity or trust, but a closer look points to a structural gap instead: the accountability infrastructure needed to jus
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. PALESTINIAN PUBLIC PROSECUTION AND BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY CELEBRATE FIRST GRADUATING COHORT OF PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN INVESTIGATING EMERGING CRIMES A national partnership builds specialised expertise to respond to evolving forms of crime and strengthen the Palestinian justice syst...
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. As part of the UNDP Greening Moonshot Programme, UNDP committed to reducing its operational CO₂ emissions by 50% by 2030. Analysis of operational emissions identified vehicle fleets as one of the three largest sources of emissions. UNDP began introducing electric vehicles (EVs)...
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Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . WFP requires USD 60.6 million from October 2026 to March 2027. Although refugee assistance is secured through December 2026, USD 40 million is needed from January 2027 to restore full food rations for nearly 125,000 refugees ...
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. IN NUMBERS 1.4 m people assisted in September 2026 12,220 mt food distributed US$ 5.8 m cash transferred US$ 294 m 6-month net funding requirement (November 2026 – April 2027) HIGHLIGHTS WFP welcomes the release of one of its staff members arbitrarily detained in Yemen and stan...
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. Between 9 May and 3 October 2026, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), working with the Ministry of Health, treated 5,327 children with malnutrition during a short-term emergency response through 10 facilities. But the needs remain high, and many families sti...
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Countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines . REGIONAL SUMMARY: During the forty-third week of 2026, a total of 9 disasters were reported across ASEAN, including droughts, floods, storms, and wind-related disasters. In Cambodia, National Committee for...
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. The Concern Worldwide Accountability to Affected Populations project, supported by WFP, aims at creating a bottom-up feedback and communication mechanism between responders and people we serve, that is community-based, easily accessible, and built on mutual understanding and ge...
