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leadership and investment in peaceful and in- Update 2025: The last progress report followi-
clusive socie�es… ng the World Humanitarian Sumit was the
2. Uphold the norms that safeguard humanity. Agenda for Humanity Annual Synthesis Report
Even wars have limits: minimizing human suffe- 2019: Sustaining Ambi�on, Delivering Change
ring and protec�ng civilians require strengthe- (United Na�ons, Office for the Coordina�on of
ned compliance with interna�onal law… Humanitarian Affairs, 2019). See the Execu�ve
3. Leave no one behind. Honouring our com- Summary (pages 2-11).
mitment to leave no one behind requires rea-
ching everyone in Global Humanita-
situa�ons of con- rian Overview
flict, disaster, vul- 2025 (United Na-
nerability and �ons, Office for
risk… the Coordina�on
4. Change peo- of Humanitarian
ple’s lives: from Affairs, 2024).
delivering aid to Note Sec�on
ending need. En- One: Trends in
ding need requi- Crises and Needs
res the reinforce- (pages 6-19). “I
ment of local sys- launch this Glo-
tems and the an- bal Humanitarian
�cipa�on and Overview for
transcendence of 2025—my first as
the humanitari- Emergency Relief
an-development Coordinator—
divide… with shame,
5. Invest in huma- dread and hope.
nity. Accep�ng Shame, because
and ac�ng upon behind every
our shared re- number in this re-
sponsibili�es for humanity requires poli�cal, in- port is a human being...sha�ered by conflict,
s�tu�onal and financing investment. (United the climate crisis and the disintegra�on of our
Na�ons, 2016a, pp. 48-60). systems for interna�onal solidarity.” (page 3)

Of relevance for mental health colleagues are In 2025, 305 million people around the world
the advocacy efforts and opportuni�es to fur- will require urgent humanitarian assistance
ther include mental health and psychosocial and protec�on, as mul�ple crises escalate with
support (MHPSS) in humanitarian assistance devasta�ng consequences for the people affec-
(e.g., see the Mental Health and Psychosocial ted by them. The Southern and Eastern Africa
Support Network’s website). “[MHPSS] should region hosts the highest number of people in
be integrated into all humanitarian responses. need (85 million), with the catastrophic crisis in
All people affected by disasters, conflict and Sudan accoun�ng for 35 per cent of the total in
chronic adversi�es should have access to ap- the region. This is followed by the Middle East
propriate [MHPSS] to restore day-to-day func�- and North Africa, where 59 million people re-
oning and recovery” (Inter-agency Standing quire assistance and protec�on...There are two
Commi�ee, Reference Group on MHPSS, 2015, main drivers of these needs, both of which are
p. 1). Another area of interest is providing, de- man-made and therefore could be reversed
veloping, and evalua�ng MHPSS services to in- with concerted and collec�ve ac�on: [conflict
terna�onal and local humanitarian staff (e.g., and climate].
Suzik et al, 2016). Conflict: Civilians are bearing the brunt of a re-
cord number of armed conflicts marked by bla-

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