The head of a new U.S. and Israel-backed organization set to distribute aid in Gaza has quit, saying it would be impossible to do the job without compromising basic humanitarian principles. Jake Wood, ...

The head of a humanitarian group leading the new plan for getting aid into Gaza resigned abruptly on Sunday, accusing his organization of a strategy that does not adhere to “humanitarian principles.” ...

GENEVA, January 5 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Monday called for strict adherence to humanitarian principles in the continuing conflict in Gaza, including respect ...

Humanitarian organizations have an almost impossible task: They must balance the imperative to save lives with the commitment to do no harm. They perform this balancing act amidst chaos, with ...

It is my pleasure to be here with you today, and allow me as well to thank the hosts, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Sweden for bringing us here together today. Today, we have a dual, urgent ...

Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council and former U.N. aid chief, Jan Egeland (L), visits Domiz camp in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk, Aug. 21, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani Ahead ...

The GHF's closure marks the end of another failed attempt to replace an aid system that is proven to work, writes Oxfam America's Peace and Security Director Scott Paul. Yesterday the executive ...

The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [22 July 2014] * This written statement is ...

Humanitarians love standardization. In 1997, a group of humanitarians looking to improve the quality of disaster response created the Sphere project, which initiated the Sphere Standards, a set of ...

What continues to make this work possible is not only our presence or our expertise, but the Fundamental Principles that guide our humanitarian action. Adopted in 1965 as a formal expression of the ...