Information on World Humanitarian Day from the UN and other organizations

• Learn more about how the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) celebrates World Humanitarian Day.
  • Read the message from the Secretary General
  • See how the UN is responding to the Horn of Africa crisis
  • Watch the safety and security video
  • Take action and spread the word about WHD 2011

• Watch some videos from the OCHA’s sister UN agency, the World Food Programme.

• See what the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN is doing in the Horn of Africa.

• See how the World Health Organization is celebrating World Humanitarian Day.

• Learn more about the International Organization for Migration and their work in the Horn of Africa.

• Visit the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation website and learn why World Humanitarian Day was established. 

• Learn more about the GSTAAD Project and why it celebrates World Humanitarian Day.

• Read why the American Dental Association marks World Humanitarian Day.

• The Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team in the Central African Republic celebrates WHD.

• See how the Women’s Refugee Commission is marking World Humanitarian Day.

• Read what the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) says about World Humanitarian Day.