An open call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life. We, the undersigned organisations, call on all States to...
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16 organisations humanitaires et de défense des droits humains appellent à suspendre les transferts d’armes à Israël et aux groupes armés palestiniens
Une lettre ouverte appelle tous les États membres de l'ONU à cesser d'alimenter la crise à Gaza et à éviter d’exacerber la catastrophe humanitaire et les pertes de vies civiles. Nous, les...
16 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups [EN/AR]
An open call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life. We, the undersigned organisations, call on all States to...
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Joint letter on several European governments’ decisions to suspend or review their funding to Palestinian and Israeli civil society organizations
In an open letter, Amnesty International and 99 other civil society organisations express serious concern at the EU and several European states‘ decision to suspend or review their funding to...
The WorldRiskReport 2023 - Disaster Risk and Diversity
The WorldRiskReport 2023, a joint project of "Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft" and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of the Ruhr-University Bochum, has been launched on...
WorldRiskReport 2022 - Focus: Digitalization
Press release | WorldRiskReport 2022 with focus on digitalization Completely revised WorldRiskIndex 2022 shows: Very high disaster risk for the Americas and Asia, Germany no longer at low risk ...
WorldRiskReport 2021 - Focus: Social Protection
SOCIAL PROTECTION CRUCIAL FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Focusing on social protection, the new WorldRiskReport is released today. Berlin, September 15, 2021. Focusing on social protection, the new...
WorldRiskReport 2020 - Focus: Forced Displacement and Migration
WorldRiskReport 2020: Covid-19 pandemic increases risks for refugees Berlin, September 15, 2020 – Insufficient hygiene standards and infection protection measures in overcrowded camps, border...
In the face of potential COVID-19 outbreak in the Gaza Strip, Israel is obliged to take measures to save lives, permitting the entry of medical equipment and supplies, to meet patients’ needs
With over 250 identified COVID-19 Palestinian patients in the West Bank and potentially dozens in the Gaza Strip we, the undersigned organizations, express grave concern in the face of a potential...
WorldRiskReport 2019 - Focus: Water Supply
Water shortage exacerbates disaster risk Berlin, September 17, 2019 – With record breaking high temperatures around the world and increasing droughts, climate change exacerbates water supply problems...
Sri Lanka + 2 more
Joint urgent appeal to provide protection for refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka
We, the undersigned organisations, write with concern for the safety of refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks. Over 250 people were killed, and hundreds...
WorldRiskReport 2018: Focus Child Protection and Children's Rights
Children Often Suffer the Most from Disasters Berlin, November 19, 2018 – Children are particularly at risk of physical injury and death during disaster resulting from extreme natural events such as...
WorldRiskReport 2017
Bonn, November 7, 2017 – The vulnerability of countries worldwide to extreme natural events has declined. On average, people are better prepared for natural hazards such as cyclones or earthquakes...
WorldRiskReport 2016: The importance of infrastructure
Every year the World Risk Report (WRR) features an update of the World Risk Index (WRI), which calculates the vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards of over 170 countries and then ranks them...
WorldRiskReport 2015 - Focus on Food Security
There will be no more hunger in 2030. For the 795 million people worldwide who are massively undernourished in 2015, this promise is a good prospect. In September 2015, the heads of state and...
35 aid organizations and 150,000 people launch public call to end Gaza blockade
More than 150,000 people from around the world have today joined 35 aid, faith, development and human rights organizations in backing an unprecedented joint call urging world leaders to press the...
Charting a New Course: Overcoming the stalemate in Gaza
World not delivering on Gaza reconstruction promises, new report warns Six months since donors pledged $3.5 billion towards Gaza's recovery, many people are worse off and not a single one of the...
Joint Statement by 30 International Aid Agencies: "We must not fail in Gaza" [EN/AR/HE]
(26 February 2015) – Six months have passed since a ceasefire on 26 August 2014 ended over seven weeks of fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip. As UN...
WorldRiskReport 2014 - Focus: The city as a risk area
The 2014 World Risk Report (WRR 2014) published by UNU-EHS and the Alliance Development Works/Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (BEH) systematically considers a country’s vulnerability, and its exposure to...
World leaders must stop Israeli forced transfer of Palestinian Bedouins
44 Palestinian, Israeli, and international organizations are urgently calling on world leaders to stop Israeli plans to forcibly transfer thousands of Palestinian Bedouins out of their communities in...