IASC Principals Convene to Address Urgent Humanitarian Issues

IASC Principals discussed country contexts covering Ukraine, Afghanistan, Horn of Africa / Sahel / Famine, and Myanmar, with a focus on, among others, advocacy on protection, humanitarian access and resource mobilization.

Renewing their commitment to the joint responsibility to deliver on collective accountability, IASC Principals endorsed the IASC Strategy for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment 2022-2026. The strategy proposes three commitments: Victim and Survivor Centered Approach, Change in Organizational Culture, Support country Capacity. 

They also discussed challenges and opportunities in humanitarian diplomacy, to better deliver on their collective ambitious and objectives to protect and assist communities affected by crisis, as well as the secondary impacts of the Ukraine crisis.