Reactive Statement: No more delays: The Humanitarian Reset must shift power – Now. This reset will only succeed if it has champions at all levels – donors, UN agencies, and INGOs must move beyond pledges to concrete, transformative action. Local and national actors are ready to lead this change. (June 2025) Español / Français
As a network of local and national actors from the Global South, NEAR (Network for Empowered Aid Response) welcomes United Nations OCHA's Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher’s call for a more equitable funding, decentralisation and inclusive decision-making set out in last week's statement, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵 – 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰".
The future of humanitarian action must be 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 and 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗱. This reset can only succeed if donors, UN agencies, and INGOs move beyond pledges and embrace concrete, transformative action — with local and national actors in the lead.
“𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,” stated jeannette frangieh, from, HIMAYA DAEEM AATAA, in her closing remarks at the closing ceremony of the 2025 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment - Economic and Social Council in Geneva.