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Humanitarian Access

Introduction

Humanitarian Access refers to a two-pronged concept, comprising:

  • Humanitarian actors' ability to reach populations in need
  • Affected populations' access to assistance and services

Rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access is a fundamental prerequisite to effective humanitarian action, especially in situations of armed conflict, natural disasters or civil unrest.

Humanitarian Access is mandated by the GA resolution 46/182 and requires a coordinated and comprehensive analysis and action by the humanitarian community as a whole.

In this section, you will find key resources about humanitarian access in English, French and Spanish.

Reports/infographics about humanitarian access

South Sudan + 1 more

South Sudan: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (December 2025)

In December, humanitarian access remained difficult due to escalating hostilities, heightened militarization, and expanding bureaucratic interference. The operating environment was most severely...

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Mali

Mali: Humanitarian Access Dashboard (December 2025)

In December 2025, 55 humanitarian access incidents were recorded, representing a 34% increase compared to November (41 incidents). Constraints related to the presence of explosive devices (ED) saw a...

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Rapports/infographies sur l'accès humanitaire

Mali

Mali : Tableau de bord accès humanitaire (décembre 2025)

En décembre 2025, 55 incidents d’accès humanitaire ont été recensés, soit une hausse de 34 % par rapport à novembre (41 incidents). Les contraintes liées à la présence d’engins explosifs (EE) ont...

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Documentos/infografías sobre acceso humanitario

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Resources

Practitioner´s Manual Minimum package of services on access

Humanitarian Access Practitioners’ Manual, Version 2
OCHA Minimum package of services on access