Restoring Humanity Global Voices Calling for Action

RESTORING HUMANITY RESTORING HUMANITY HUMANITY RESTORING GLOBAL VOICES CALLING FOR ACTION Synthesis of the Consultation Process for the World Humanitarian Summit GLOBAL VOICES CALLING FOR ACTION FOR CALLING VOICES GLOBAL Executive editor: Dr Jemilah Mahmood Managing editor: Nick Harvey Coordinating editor: Breanna Ridsdel Copy editor: Matthew Easton Drafting team: Alexander Jacobs, Ann Lee, Charles-Antoine Hofmann, Elizabeth Cafferty, Emmi Antinoja, Juliano Diniz, Kariane Peek Cabrera, Lewis Sida, Mahsa Jafari, Miriam Abu Hamdan, Mukesh Kapila, Natasha Kindergan, Nigel Fisher, Olivier Bangerter, Rahul Chandran, Rina Meutia, and Samara Andrade. Design and layout: Marko Srdanovic, United Nations Department of Public Information Suggested citation: World Humanitarian Summit secretariat, Restoring Humanity: Synthesis of the Consultation Process for the World Humanitarian Summit (New York, United Nations, 2015). © United Nations 2015. 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RESTORING HUMANITY GLOBAL VOICES CALLING FOR ACTION Synthesis of the Consultation Process for the World Humanitarian Summit i TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................viii INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 001 PART I: PUT PEOPLE FIRST ........................................................................................................ 011 1. PUT PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION ...................................... 012 2. CLOSE THE GENDER GAP AND INCLUDE EVERYONE IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION ...........................................................................................028 PART II: ADAPT TO CONTEXT ..................................................................................................... 045 3. SERVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN ARMED CONFLICTS .......................................... 046 4. GENERATE HOPE AND SOLUTIONS FOR REFUGEES AND OTHER DISPLACED PEOPLE ..................................................................................059 5. CREATE CERTAINTY IN RESPONDING TO DISASTERS ............................................. 069 6. GET READY FOR NEW THREATS AND CHALLENGES ............................................... 078 PART III: BUILD DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS .............................................................................. 089 7. REALIGN HUMANITARIAN ACTION .............................................................................. 090 PART IV: GUARANTEE RELIABLE FINANCE ............................................................................. 123 8. PROVIDE ADEQUATE FINANCE TO BUILD RESILIENCE, AND GUARANTEE LIFE AND DIGNITY WHEN CRISES STRIKE ................................ 124 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................ 137 ENDNOTES .................................................................................................................................... 140 iii RESTORING HUMANITY GLOBAL VOICES CALLING FOR ACTION FOREWORD Humanitarian action has never reached so many people in so many places. Around the world, humanitarian actors are doing extraordinary work to save lives and protect people in the time of their greatest need. However, the humanitarian system is under strain. The generous funding provided by donors cannot keep pace with growing needs. Many of the crises lack political solutions. Protracted conﬂict, insecurity and displacement are the new normal. In addition, global trends such as climate change, urbanization, economic inequality, food insecurity and resource scarcity are increasing people’s vulnerability. As the scale and cost of meeting humanitarian needs is increasingly overwhelming our capacity to respond, we need to take decisive, collective action now. In calling for the World Humanitarian Summit, the Secretary-General asked that the search for solutions be based on and informed by the experience of all relevant stakeholders, including people afected by crisis and those serving their needs. Over the past two years, a worldwide consultation process took place to gather the views of afected people, governments, civil society, humanitarian organizations, the private sector and other partners. The results are now presented in this Synthesis Report. The Synthesis Report captures the thousands of conversations and submissions, pro- viding a “ground truthing” to the emerging recommendations. The emerging action ar- eas and proposals will be discussed at the Global Consultation this October in Geneva, which will be a pivotal moment for stakeholders to rally around the major changes that are needed to ensure that the Summit delivers solutions for the millions of people afected by crises and disasters. This process would not have been possible without the dedication of many governments, organizations and individuals, including the hosts of regional and stakeholder consultations and the members of the Regional Steering Groups. My sincere appreciation for all their commitment and engagement. I thank and praise Dr. Jemilah Mahmood and her team for shepherding this complex, yet comprehensive and rewarding process. I commend the Government of Turkey for its leadership in hosting the World Humani- tarian Summit. I salute the Government of Switzerland for generously hosting the Glob- al Consultation. I thank the Government of Germany for hosting two Thematic Meetings. In addition to the many others who are acknowledged within the report, I would also like to thank my predecessor Valerie Amos for her leadership in ensuring the journey to the World Humanitarian Summit has a solid foundation and vision. As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, I am reminded of our collective commitment, enshrined in its Charter, to save future generations from the scourge of war, to reafrm the dignity of the human person, and to cooperate to ad- dress humanitarian challenges. The Summit is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to re-inspire and reignite our common humanity; and to enact an agenda for progress to save lives, prevent and alleviate sufering, protect our fellow women and men, and enable human dignity for all people who are afected by natural disasters and conﬂicts. Stephen O’Brien United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Afairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator iv SYNTHESIS OF THE CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR THE WORLD HUMANITARIAN SUMMIT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The United Nations Ofce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Afairs (OCHA) and the World Humanitarian Summit secretariat express their gratitude to all of the organizations and individuals whose commitment and dedicated support has made the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) consultation process possible. First and foremost, we would like to thank all people who have participated in the stakeholder and regional consultations and provided their valuable input to make this process a success, most notably the individuals and communities afected by humanitarian crises. Our profound gratitude and appreciation goes to Turkey as the host of the World Humanitarian Summit itself, and to the host countries of the Regional Consultations, the Thematic Meetings and the Global Consultation. We greatly appreciate the contribution of all the donors to the WHS secretariat and the overall consultation process. We would also like to thank the OCHA regional ofces and the members of the Regional Steering Groups for their tremendous support in organizing the Regional Consultations. We greatly appreciate the contributions of the many governments and local, national and international organizations and individuals who contributed through consultation meetings, conferences and online events in all corners of the globe. We also appreciate the numerous submissions that we received from organizations and individuals, which are all available on the WHS website. While it is not possible to mention all contributors, we hope that through this report, their voices have been heard. We gratefully acknowledge the critical substantive contribution of Linklaters’ Inter- national Governance and Development Practices to the preparation of the Synthesis Report, including the analysis of the report’s underlying evidence base. We are also in deep gratitude to all members of the Thematic Teams and Advisory Groups who dedicated their time and expertise to develop proposals for a future humanitarian agenda. In particular, we would like to thank the following contributors. Hosts and co-chairs of regional consultations The following countries and organizations hosted the regional consultations and co- chaired the Regional Steering Groups (in chronological order): West and Central Afri- ca: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Economic Community of Cen- tral African States, and the Economic Community of West African States; North and South-East Asia: Indonesia and Japan; Eastern and Southern

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