News

Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib is participating today in the official national commemoration honouring the victims of the Crans Montana fire and expressing solidarity with the injured, their families and the communities affected.

We call on Israel to allow international NGOs to operate and deliver life-saving aid to civilians in need in Palestine. Without these international NGOs, humanitarian aid cannot be delivered at the scale needed to prevent further loss of life in Gaza.

The EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre has immediately dispatched 2 liason officers to oversee the medical evacuation operation and liaise with the Swiss national authorities on the spot. The ERCC remains also in close contact, ready to coordinate other evacuations in the upcoming days.

The European Commission has successfully relocated a full thermal power plant from Lithuania to Ukraine, completing its largest-ever coordinated logistical operation to date.

This new funding will support humanitarian staff who experience critical incidents in the line of duty, ensuring their safety and recovery. The primary focus will be on local humanitarian workers as they are more exposed to armed violence and threats to their lives.

A renewed offensive by the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu province has displaced around 500,000 people, and driven tens of thousands across the border into Burundi, overwhelming fragile transit sites and stretching already limited humanitarian resources.

These new funds come as the intensifying conflict in Myanmar continues to displace more people within the country, while also driving more displacement towards Bangladesh and neighbouring countries. The situation is further aggravated by the earthquake that hit Myanmar earlier this year.

A total of 8 flights will bring life-saving supplies into Darfur, as mass atrocities, starvation, and displacement linked to the conflict in Sudan have left millions in need of humanitarian assistance.

Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib participated in the Humanitarian Leadership Group on Supply Chain Conference and welcomed the agreement reached by participants to continue working for a more interoperable system to deliver humanitarian aid.