United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations body managing response to complex emergencies
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| 2024 | Humanitarian assistance needs escalated to 16.7 million people in Syria, including 5.5 million displaced individuals, with over 2 million living in last-resort sites. |
| October 2024 | Thomas Fletcher from the United Kingdom is appointed as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC). |
| 2023 | Hezbollah provided humanitarian aid to Syria following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake, offering support to affected communities in the region. |
| 2023 | Humanitarian needs in Syria documented at 15.3 million people requiring assistance. |
| 2023 | OCHA coordinated significant humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, receiving almost $3.7 billion in support. The Central Emergency Response Fund distributed $735 million to aid 33 million people across 42 countries |
| 2022 | United States had provided a total of 16 billion dollars worth of humanitarian aid, relief packages, and food supplies through USAID to millions of people across Syria. |
| 2020 | Najat Rochdi served as the OCHA coordinator for humanitarian efforts in Lebanon following the Beirut explosions. |
| 2018 | UN humanitarian aid to Syria reaches a total of $32 billion over the six-year period, with primary financial support from the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, and Canada. |
| September 2018 | Israel announced the end of its humanitarian aid programme 'Operation Good Neighbor', which had treated over 4,000 Syrians in Israeli hospitals since 2013, including approximately 250 opposition fighters. |
| June 2017 | Israel enabled the opening of a field clinic called 'Camp Ichay' in the central area of the Golan Heights, operated by the American humanitarian organization 'Friendships', which served approximately 10% of the local population. |
| 2016 | OCHA organizes the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. |
| March 2016 | Herve Verhoosel, an experienced communications expert, was recruited as Spokesperson for the Summit. |
| February 4 2016 | US Secretary of State John Kerry announced $601 million in new humanitarian funding for Syria and neighboring countries, bringing the total US humanitarian assistance to more than $5.1 billion. |
| 2015 | The European Union provided €374 million in humanitarian assistance to the Syria crisis. |
| 2015 | OCHA began acting as the secretariat for the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks |
| 2015 | OCHA began producing the annual Global Humanitarian Overview reports |
| November 2015 | The EU established a €3 billion Refugee Facility for Turkey to support Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey. |
| January 1 2015 | IRIN became an independent news service called The New Humanitarian, no longer affiliated with OCHA |
| 2014 | United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2165, authorizing humanitarian aid to be supplied via four border crossings not controlled by the Syrian government, primarily to support rebel-controlled territories. |
| 2013 | USAID and other US government agencies continued delivering aid items to Syria, contributing to the $385 million total aid package. |
| 2013 | Israel began providing humanitarian assistance to wounded Syrian civilians near the ceasefire line, including medical care, water, electricity, education, and food. |
| 2012 | USAID and other US government agencies delivered nearly $385 million of aid items to Syria. |
| 2012 | Ireland began providing humanitarian aid to Syria, eventually sending a total of €100 million by 2018. |
| 2012 | United Nations begins coordinated humanitarian aid efforts in Syria, with UNOCHA leading aid delivery operations during the Syrian civil war. |
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