Regional office for

Europe

Flags of all the UN member states outside the Palais des Nations, Geneva
The European headquarters of OCHA is located in the Palis des Nations in Geneva.

Europe increasingly finds itself bordering regions of instability. With significant refugee and migration flows from the Middle East and Africa, and the conflict caused by the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Europe is central to the humanitarian system. OCHA does not currently have a regional office for Europe, though its European headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Removing debris as part of the Early Recovery and Livelihoods cluster
Country office

Türkiye

OCHA Türkiye is one of the three OCHA hubs working together to implement the Syria Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) collectively in the spirit of the whole of Syria.

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A humanitarian worker from a local NGO, Angels of Salvation, supported by the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, assists an evacuee from a frontline town in Donetsk Region. Photo: OCHA/Angels of Salvation
Country office

Ukraine

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces in February 2022, the lives of countless women, men and children have been torn apart. Millions were forced to leave Ukraine and become refugees.

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