On 14 May Tom Fletcher, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA), made the following remarks to the press in New York on US humanitarian funding. Thank you very much, Ambassador Mike Waltz [U.S. Representative to the … Continue reading →
On 22 May, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA), Tom Fletcher, issued the following statement on the current Ebola outbreak. We need to get ahead of this Ebola outbreak. Today, I am allocating up to $60 … Continue reading →
The following is a video of the report by OCHA Spokesperson, Olga Cherevko, delivered on 15 October 2025 in Gaza via video link to the UN Press Conference in New York.
Continue reading →On 20 September 2025 Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), delivered a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East which included the … Continue reading →
Publication of IPC Report On 22 August 2025 the Famine Review Committee (FRC) of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued a report which announced, among other things, that: Famine (IPC Phase 5) is currently occurring in Gaza Governorate. … Continue reading →
On 20 May Tom Fletcher was interviewed by Anna Foster during the BBC Today Programme. He is the Under-Secretary General in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). He stated during that interview that “There are 14,000 … Continue reading →
The following statement is based on one issued by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on 22 November 2024. It was updated on 1 December with data from a new statement from Muhannad Hadi, Humanitarian Coordinator for … Continue reading →
On 9 October 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Tom Fletcher of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He succeeds Martin Griffiths … Continue reading →
Speaking at the Global Security Forum 2024 in Doha on 20 May, as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations Martin Griffiths said: “We once had a dream: a dream that we could come together … Continue reading →
The Global Humanitarian Overview is an annual assessment of global humanitarian needs and how to respond to them. It provides an analysis of the drivers of needs and an overview of the resources required to support people targeted for assistance. … Continue reading →