Hyper-prioritised report: June 2025
The Global Humanitarian Overview is an annual assessment of global humanitarian needs and how to respond to them. This document provides an analysis of the drivers of needs and an overview of the resources required to support people targeted for assistance. It also provides an account of the humanitarian system’s collective achievements.
This GHO Special Edition reflects our collective response to the most devastating funding cuts that our sector has ever seen. It is a focused, clear-eyed account of what must happen now – where the needs are most urgent, where we can still make the most difference, and where lives are, very literally, on the line. Reaching this point has not been easy; it has required extremely tough conversations and difficult decisions.
While this document outlines what OCHA must do, right now, to save as many lives as they can with the resources that they have, it does not – in any way – replace the meticulous and painstaking planning for this year. The entirety of the initial Global Humanitarian Overview remains fully valid and should be fully funded. This hyper-prioritized version is the tip of the iceberg, not the whole effort.
