The main slideshow for the Economic and Social Council: Humanitarian Affairs Segment. The HAS provides a unique opportunity for Member States to address challenges, operational and normative progress on the humanitarian policy agenda. This year’s HAS took place on 17–19 June in Geneva and focussed on "the future of humanitarian affairs: towards greater inclusiveness, coordination, interoperability and effectiveness".

2. Credit: UNMAS
of humanitarian
work takes place
in conflict
affected areas
80%

3. Credit: Somalia, April 2013 Credit: WFP/Laila Ali

4. Greater Horn of Africa
13 million
people suffering from
acute food insecurity
20 million
people in need of
humanitarian assistance
9 million
people displaced

5. Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis
The average duration
of conflict-induced
displacement
17 years

6. Credit: IRIN/ Marc-Andre Boisvert
of humanitarian
spending from
OECD/DAC
donors goes to
protracted
situations
78%

7. Credit: UNFPA

8. 60%
of preventable
maternal deaths
53%of under-5 deaths
&
take place in settings of conflict, displacement and natural disasters

9. Credit: UNICEF
of CERF funding
went to complex
emergencies
90%
In 2014,

10. Credit: UNICEF/Romenzi
of causalities
were civilians
92%
In 2014, when
explosive
weapons
were used in
populated areas

11. Credit: OCHA/D.Palanivelu
of the world’s refugee
population resides in
cities and towns
50%

12. Credit: UNHCR
people per day
flee their homes due
to violence and other
forms of persecution
23,000

13. Credit: AU UN IST Photo / Tobin Jones
people targeted for
humanitarian
assistance in 2014,
nearly
76 million
increase in 10 years
300%

14. Credit: UN/Julie Pudlowski
of the affected
population are
women and children
60%-80%
In most humanitarian
crises, between

15. Credit: UNICEF
children living in conflict-
affected countries are
out of school
30 million

16. Credit: OCHA/Carly Learson
people become
internally displaced
everyday
30,000
In 2014,

17. Credit: OCHA/Ahmad Reshad
funding shortfall for
inter-agency appeals
$7.4 billion
For 2014

18. Credit: OCHA/Jose Reyna

19. 2014 Natural Disasters
6,400
lives claimed
102 million
people affected
$85 billion
in damages

20. Credit: WFP/Abeer Etefa
of 2015 funding
requests
70%
DRC, Iraq, Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan, and Syria
accounted for

21. Credit: Oxfam
on ‘full’ humanitarian cash
transfer programmes
by 53 donors between
2009 and 2013
$692 million

22. Credit IRIN/Juliette Rousselot
of the earthquake,
CERF announced
$15 million to kick
start life-saving
work
48 hours
Nepal: Within

23. Credit: UNICEF
people are affected by
the Ebola outbreak
18.7 million
are children and young
people under 20
9.8 million

24. Credit: UNRWA
aid workers were
killed, kidnapped or
seriously wounded
in 2014
270

25. Credit: INEW/Marc Garlasco
7 years
The average duration
of Inter-Agency
Appeals is

26. Credit: OCHA/Naomi Frerotte
funding gap over the
last ten years and the
gap is growing
30%
There has
consistently been a

27. Credit: OCHA/P. Peron
in the last ten years
600%
Funding
requirements for
inter-agency
appeals have
increased by