US-OCHA Reserve Allocation Implications for Quality Humanitarian Programming

InterAction Reacts to U.S.–OCHA $1.8 Billion Announcement

InterAction welcomes today’s U.S. announcement of additional humanitarian funding through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, including…

How to Turbocharge the Peace Process in Afghanistan

I am the country director for a large American humanitarian organization working in Afghanistan that has been providing emergency and…

Lowcock Starts At OCHA, Casts Attention To Aid Worker Security

"There is a whole list of crises he could be speaking out about...so how does he determine which of those he is going to spend his energy and time speaking to member states and donors about and calling attention to?"

DfID’s Lowcock Welcomed As New OCHA Head, But Faces Challenges

Mark Lowcock, the new United Nations humanitarian chief, will have his work cut out for him when he soon takes the reigns of a shrinking U.N. Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs

Supporting Community-Based Protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis and left…

Dignity in the Heat: Addressing Health and Shelter Needs in Humanitarian Crises

Two major climate trends are reshaping the humanitarian landscape: the increasing frequency of acute, high-cost disasters and…

Women on the Frontline of Sudan’s Crisis Response

The ongoing conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, has wreaked havoc on the lives of millions. Clashes between…

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

As world leaders gather in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, and as the threat of a wider regional escalation looms, we renew our demand for an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

Seven Years Later: Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day

This month marks seven years since the 2017 “clearance operation” when Myanmar’s military forces, the Tatmadaw, unleashed waves of violence against Rohingya ethnic minorities in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The conflict triggered the expulsion of over 700,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh, marking the largest and fastest influx into the country. The U.S. government later determined that these attacks constituted genocide and crimes against humanity.