![World: Joint statement on the Global Initiative to galvanize political commitment to international humanitarian law [EN/PT/ZH]](https://christgiving.com/imgp?u=https%3A%2F%2Freliefweb.int%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fthumbnail%2Fpublic%2Fpreviews%2Faa%2F3c%2Faa3cb7a1-8c27-4b9a-ae37-1a02743c3916.png)
On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, high-level representatives of the six founding states of the Global Initiative to galvanize political commitment to international humanitarian law (IHL) and the president of the ICRC issued the following joint statement, calling for renewed
disaster
. More than 160 million people risk being trapped between crisis and recovery, UN Development Programme warns UNDP launches new Crisis Action Agenda calling for development investment from day one to help people recover faster and reduce vulnerability to future shocks. NEW YORK, ...
disaster
. In Kisangani, MSF has been running the Ebola treatment centre (ETC) at Hôpital du Cinquantenaire, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, since the end of June. In the first week of September, patients were transferred to a new 22-bed ETC, built and run by MSF, increasing...
disaster
Countries: occupied Palestinian territory, World .The projects, together worth a total of €43 million, will help restore essential water and solid waste management services for people in Gaza. The projects will be implemented together with UNICEF and UNDP and will address needs a...
disaster
Countries: Lebanon, World . The new funding will cover three main areas and will support Lebanon in advancing key reforms; strengthening its economic recovery, enhancing security and border management; and maintaining essential services for the most vulnerable. It will also suppo...
disaster
. Context On 26 August 2026, a devastating flood surge swept through Nepal’s transboundary Bhotekoshi–Trishuli river system, claiming lives and wiping out livelihoods across predominantly rural communities along the river corridor. An estimated 32 960 people have been directly af...
disaster
. DTM launched a new round of ETT on 14 June 2026 using an updated methodology to monitor displacement driven by conflict, as well as the climatic impacts of the very strong El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to trigger significant displacement toward the end of the year. Sinc...
disaster
Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan . Between April and June 2026, IOM deployed 14 border monitors (BMs) at the specified BCPs. At Torkham and Chaman, BMs are stationed at the return point where returnees are waiting to cross into Afghanistan near the zero point, which marks the int...
disaster
. IOM Yemen DTM continues to record the displacement caused by escalation in the west coast. On 22 September 2026, IOM Yemen DTM recorded the increase of 2,220 individual IDPs compared to the previous report, making the displacement between 1 August to 22 September reach an appro...
disaster
. INTRODUCTION This report presents the findings from the Viet Nam Typhoon Yagi Lessons Learned Workshop. The workshop brought together staff and volunteers from the Viet Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC), alongside IFRC secretariat colleagues present in-country, to reflect on the eme...
disaster
. Vang Vieng, Lao PDR Background Between 21–30 July 2025, Tropical Depression Wipha caused severe flooding, flash floods, and landslides across northern and central Lao PDR, affecting multiple provinces and triggering elevated Mekong River levels and flood warnings. More than 172...
disaster
Countries: World, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Viet Nam . This did not happen by chance. It was the result of decades of political commitment, investment, and public health work that steadil...
disaster
Countries: South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . PRIORITY ACTIONS ▸ Operationalize the Tier 1A/1B/1C area-based readiness package; close the readiness loop across all 15 counties; maintain 12/15 officer reach; monitor the 500+ DRC returnees through Nabanga PoE (...
