OCHA hybrid press conference

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will present the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 (GHO) in Geneva on 1 December 2020 at 9 a.m. The GHO is the annual overview of trends and current state of worldwide humanitarian needs, projections and inter-agency response plans. It includes an overview of the funding necessary to implement the plans in 2021.

The embargoed press conference with UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock will unpack the current challenges and highlight what is at stake in humanitarian crises worldwide as we enter 2021. 

All material is under strict embargo until Tuesday, 1 December at 06.00 CET / 05.00 GMT.

• Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator