OCHA Annual Report

Foreword
2023 was another gruelling year for millions of people – and one that stretched the humanitarian system to its limits.
It began with devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. In Syria, they hit people already struggling with their worst humanitarian crisis in more than 10 years of conflict.
So too across the world – in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Horn of Africa, Myanmar, Ukraine, Yemen and beyond – long-running conflicts, insecurity, instability and economic hardship kept millions of people reliant on humanitarian assistance and acutely susceptible to further shocks. Meanwhile, global warming broke all records in 2023 and the climate crisis deepened.
In February and March, Cyclone Freddy, one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones ever, battered Malawi and Mozambique.
In May, Cyclone Mocha affected more than 3 million people in Bangladesh and Myanmar. In September, Storm Daniel caused monumental flooding in Libya. And across the world we saw record-breaking heat waves, catastrophic wildfires and numerous extreme weather events.
Martin Griffiths
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
2023 OCHA presence
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- OPT - Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Syrian AR - Syrian Arab Republic
- The Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa is located in Amman and Cairo
- Includes Ethiopia Country Office and AU Liaison Office
- Türkiye: Syria Crisis and earthquake response 2023
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.

OCHA thanks its donors for their generous support to its activities in 2023
Through contributions to OCHA and/or pooled funds (the Central Emergency Response Fund and the Country-Based Pooled Funds)

OCHA 2023 year in review
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Sections
Section 1: OCHA priorities

Section 2: Funding

Annexes

Complete OCHA Annual Report 2023

