Explainer: How UN delivers life-saving aid amid crises

One in every 33 people (that’s 242 million people) on the planet 

humanitarian assistance in 2022, and most of that aid was coordinated through the UN.

Here’s how the UN does it:

Coordination: Crisis HQ

This week, as the Israel-Palestine crisis erupted on 7 October, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York swiftly mobilized. As with all UN emergency responses, the…