This report outlines The Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response’s (SCHR) achievements within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Championship on Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH).
The quarterly meeting of the Facilitation Group Sherpas (EU/DG ECHO, Germany, OCHA, UNICEF, IFRC, InterAction, NEAR) took place on 16 January 2024. Ambassador Koehler provided updates on progress in focus area 2, on innovative financing and the nexus.
Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (Geneva, 7 February 2024) With the Gaza hostilities entering their fifth month, hope is dwindling for the millions of people affected and the humanitarians striving to assist them.More than half of Gaza’s population is now crammed in Rafah, a town of originally 250,000 people right on Egypt’s doorstep. Their living conditions are abysmal — they lack the basic necessities to survive, stalked by hunger, disease and death.
The quarterly meeting of the Facilitation Group Sherpas (EU/DG ECHO, Germany, OCHA, UNICEF, IFRC, InterAction, NEAR) took place on 16 January 2024. Ambassador Koehler provided updates on progress in focus area 2, on innovative financing and the nexus.
These terms of reference set out the role and responsibilities of the Humanitarian Coordinator, an individual designated to lead and coordinate the humanitarian response of IASC and other organisations in country with a view to ensuring that it is principles, timely, effective, and efficient, and contributes to longer-term recovery.
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 30 January 2024 – The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable. However, we must not prevent an entire organization from delivering on its mandate to serve people in desperate need.
This paper considers a series of cultural barriers that experts on protection against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (PSEAH) and humanitarian managers believe are still hindering our collective progress.