Global Humanitarian Overview 2021
OCHA hosted a virtual global launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 on Tuesday, 1 December 2020, with multiple virtual regional launches in key capitals around the world.
Published by OCHA, the Global Humanitarian Overview is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based overview of the current state and future trends in humanitarian action.
A global launch took place in Geneva, followed by events in Berlin, Brussels, London and Washington, D.C. These events were part of a global strategy to engage decision makers and humanitarian organizations in highlighting the key themes covered in the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021, amplify the voices of affected people, and encourage partners to generously contribute to humanitarian operations.
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The full Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 can be accessed via its new online platform.
Data for individual charts can be downloaded by clicking on the ‘get data’ link directly underneath each chart; to retrieve the full dataset for the GHO, visit the Humanitarian Data Exchange - GHO 2021.
The principal source of financial data for this publication is the Financial Tracking Service.
For the most up-to-date information on humanitarian response plans, visit Humanitarian InSight.
GENEVA / GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW
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A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from COVID-19”, the UN’s emergency relief chief Mark Lowcock said.
https://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/asset/2586/2586261/
OCHA / GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW ADVANCER
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) broll footage for broadcasters for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 on Tuesday (1 Dec) with multiple virtual regional launches in key capitals around the world.
https://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/asset/2586/2586303/
Global Launch
Message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Geneva
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Geneva time
Save the Date Concept Note Invitation Sequential launches invitation
For more information, please contact Karim Saba (External Relations and Partnerships Section, OCHA): saba@un.org
USG Mark Lowcock opening remarks
Sequential Launches
Berlin
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. CET
Co-host: German Foreign Federal Office
Theme: Climate Change and Anticipatory Action
For more information:
OCHA
Karim Saba: saba@un.org
GFFO
Rebecca Alt: s08-0-1@auswaertiges-amt.de
Brussels
2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. CET
Co-host: DG ECHO
Theme: Achieving equality in times of adversity: assessing and responding to the needs of the women and girls in humanitarian crisis
Programme Panellist Biographies
For more information:
OCHA
Karin Fenczak: fenczak@un.org
ECHO
Gerard Van Driessche: Gerard.Van-Driessche@ec.europa.eu
London
3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. CET (2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. UK time)
Co-host: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Theme: Famine prevention and food insecurity in the COVID-19 era
For more information:
OCHA
Justin Dittmeier: justin.dittmeier@un.org
FCDO
Chris Berkin: chris.berkin@fcdo.gov.uk
Washington, D.C.
9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. CET (3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST)
Co-host: CSIS
Theme: Launch of the 2021 UN Global Humanitarian Overview. The Humanitarian Landscape: Reversal or Recovery
For more information:
OCHA
Amierah Ismail: ismail53@un.org
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