World Humanitarian Summit
https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/
23-24 May 2016 :: Istanbul, Turkey

General Assembly: Briefing by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the occasion of the launch of his report for the World Humanitarian Summit (Informal meeting of the plenary)
9 Feb 2016 – [Video: 1:58:51]

Stephen O’Brien (OCHA) on the launch of the Secretary-General’s report for the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) – Press Conference
9 Feb 2016 – [Video: 41:52]
Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, briefed reporters on the launch of the Secretary-General’s report for the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS).

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One Humanity: Shared Responsibility
Report of the Secretary-General for the World Humanitarian Summit
Advance unedited copy :: 64 pages
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Item 73 (a)
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Pdf: http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Secretary-General%27s%20Report%20for%20WHS%202016%20%28Advance%20Unedited%20Draft%29.pdf

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AGENDA FOR HUMANITY – Annex to the Report of the Secretary-General for the World Humanitarian Summit
The World Humanitarian Summit must be a turning point in the way we address the challenges facing our common humanity. The community of “we the peoples”—Governments, local communities, private sector, international organizations and aid providers, and the thousands of committed and compassionate indi¬viduals assisting in crises and disasters every day—will only succeed if we work with a unified sense of purpose to end crises and suffering. The Summit must lead to genuine change in the way we deliver as-sistance and reduce risk and vulnerability; in our commitment to respecting, promoting and implementing international law; in the progress we make in reaching those furthest left behind; in the way we commit to collective outcomes and based on comparative advantage; in the way we resolve to reduce the fragmenta¬tion of international assistance into unmanageable numbers of projects and activities; and in the greater investments we make to prevent and resolve conflicts and human suffering.

We must build on the commitments made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by seizing the opportunity of this Summit to prevent and end suffering more decisively, and with more capacity, resolve and resources. We need to commit to working together collectively and coherently across political, cultural, religious and institutional divides. We need to inspire faith in national, regional and international solidarity and our willingness and capacity to prioritize humanity in our decision-making. Most importantly, we need to recognize people’s rights to live in safety, dignity and with the prospects to thrive as agents of their own destinies. Acting upon our individual and collective responsibilities must be our global commitment.

To this end, I urge you to commit to taking forward this Agenda for Humanity and use it as a framework for action, change and mutual accountability. I urge all stakeholders at the Summit to commit to implementing concrete initiatives aimed at making the Agenda a reality. Given the urgency of protecting and improving people’s lives, and ending suffering experienced by millions today, we must commit to making immediate progress in implementing the Agenda over the next three years, measuring further progress thereafter. My report to the 71st session of the General Assembly on the outcomes of the Summit will reflect further on this and make recommendations on how to best implement and monitor the necessary strategic shifts and actions to make a decisive difference for people today and tomorrow.

Change will require a steady and determined effort to do better and overcome the structures and arrange¬ments that we have been used to for decades. It will require a new and creative spirit of collaboration at all levels and openness to new and diverse partnerships. And it will require recognition that we must do far better in accepting our responsibilities for humanity, by ensuring an international order based on sol¬idarity and collaboration – with people at its centre.

Today the values of the United Nations and the vision of humanity that we have agreed upon in its Char¬ter and key instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the humanitarian principles agreed upon by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and reaffirmed by General Assembly resolu¬tion 46/182, the Millennium Declaration and most recently the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is needed more than ever. Humanity is not just a moral imperative but also a strategic necessity. We must therefore act upon our individual and shared responsibilities. And we must start by making the strategic, operational and policy shifts identified in this Agenda for Humanity a reality, with a heightened sense of urgency and resolve.

Pdf [14 pages]: http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Agenda%20for%20Humanity.pdf