World Humanitarian Summit
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The United Nations World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 23 and 24, 2016. The Summit is an initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and was organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).
Ban Ki-moon, in his Five-Year Action Agenda, released in January 2012, set out his vision to develop a humanitarian system that was more global, accountable, and robust. A key aspect of his agenda was "convening a World Humanitarian Summit to help share knowledge and establish common best practices among the wide spectrum of organizations involved in humanitarian action.'
The Summit’s goal was to fundamentally reform the humanitarian aid industry to react more effectively to today’s many crises. World leaders were expected to come to the summit and announce the actions they will take to end the suffering of millions of women, men and children affected by armed conflicts and disasters.
The Summit convened 9000 participants from 173 countries, including 55 Heads of State and Government, hundreds of private sector representatives, and thousands of people from civil society and nongovernmental organizations.
First announced in January 2012, the World Humanitarian Summit built on several years of preparation, including consultations with more than 23,000 people in 153 countries. Notable documents include a Synthesis Report summarizing the findings of the consultations and a report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon titled ‘One Humanity, Shared Responsibility.’
Eight regional consultations were held between 2014 and 2015 to determine the agenda for the Summit and the key issues to be discussed. Online submissions were also accepted between May 2014 and July 2015. The results of the consultation process were presented in a Synthesis Report at the Global Consultation in Geneva, Switzerland on October 14–16, 2015.
On February 9, 2016, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a report building on the findings of the consultation process.
In the report, the Secretary-General noted five core responsibilities to improve humanitarian action:
As an annex to the report, the Secretary-General put forward an Agenda for Humanity, which describes his vision for the future of humanitarian action and outlines what is needed to deliver on the five responsibilities.
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