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GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW 2021 Berlin, Germany Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CET VIRTUAL LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW 2021 PROGRAMME KEYNOTE SPEAKERS • H.E. Mr. Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany • Mr. Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator PANEL DISCUSSION Climate Change and Anticipatory Action • Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, Germany • H.E. Mr. Mr. Khalifa bin Jassem Al-Kuwari, Director General of Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) (TBC) • Mr. Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Mr. Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) • Ms. Christina Bennett, CEO, Start Network (NGO) • Ms. Lisa Carty, Director of Humanitarian Funding and Resource Mobilization, OCHA (Moderator of the panel discussion) To participate in the event, please RSVP here by 29 November To follow event through live-stream, click here On 1 December 2020, OCHA and the German Federal Foreign Office will host one of five virtual sequential launches to present the 2021 United Nations Global Humanitarian Overview in Berlin. The GHO is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based overview of the current state and future trends in humanitarian action. It is published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. One of the key issues in the 2021 GHO is Climate Change and its impact on the humanitarian system. This issue will be featured during the event in a panel discussion on “Climate Change and Anticipatory Action”. For more information, please contact: • OCHA: Karim Saba, [email protected] • GFFO: Rebecca Alt, s08-0- [email protected] BERLIN BRUSSELS GENEVA LONDON WASHINGTON D.C.

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GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW 2021

Berlin, Germany Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CET

VIRTUAL LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW 2021

PROGRAMME KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• H.E. Mr. Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany• Mr. Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency

Relief Coordinator

PANEL DISCUSSION

Climate Change and Anticipatory Action

• Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for HumanRights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal ForeignOffice, Germany

• H.E. Mr. Mr. Khalifa bin Jassem Al-Kuwari, Director General ofQatar Fund for Development (QFFD) (TBC)

• Mr. Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees• Mr. Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International

Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)• Ms. Christina Bennett, CEO, Start Network (NGO)• Ms. Lisa Carty, Director of Humanitarian Funding and Resource

Mobilization, OCHA (Moderator of the panel discussion)

To participate in the event, please RSVP here by 29 November To follow event through live-stream, click here

On 1 December 2020, OCHA and the German Federal Foreign Office will host one of five virtual sequential launches to present the 2021 United Nations Global Humanitarian Overview in Berlin.

The GHO is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based overview of the current state and future trends in humanitarian action. It is published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

One of the key issues in the 2021 GHO is Climate Change and its impact on the humanitarian system. This issue will be featured during the event in a panel discussion on “Climate Change and Anticipatory Action”.

For more information, please contact:

• OCHA: Karim Saba,[email protected]

• GFFO: Rebecca Alt, [email protected]

B E R L I N B R U S S E L S G E N E V A L O N D O N W A S H I N G T O N D . C .

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