25 May, 2016
The United Nations held the World Humanitarian Summit (May 23-24 Istanbul)


Currently, the world is confronted with the highest level of suffering since World War II; this situation has led Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations to coven the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul on May 23-24, 2016.

This Summit, celebrated for the first time in the 70 years history of the United Nations, is aimed to call on world leaders from all sectors to assume and confirm their responsibilities in favour of the Agenda for Humanity, under the slogan “One Humanity, Shared Responsibility”, assuming five core responsibilities:

•    Prevention and end of conflicts
•    To respect the rules of war
•    To not leave anyone behind
•    To work differently in order to bring an end to the needs.
•    To invest in humanity

The FPSC is fully committed with this responsibilities in the performance of its work and in all their activity areas, and has contributed to the debate on Humanitarian Aid effectiveness and challenges in the framework of the celebration of this Summit, in accordance with the Master Plan of Spanish Cooperation 2013-2016, with the celebration of the Seminar “New Humanitarian Actors in the Middle East” organized by the CEMOFPSC.

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