The first European Humanitarian Forum, which continued on Wednesday 23 March with thematic humanitarian dialogues, provided an opportunity for the European Union to reaffirm its position as the world’s largest donor and to reflect, together with the international humanitarian community, on ways to increase aid effectiveness in a global context of increasing crises, violations of humanitarian law, record humanitarian needs, and a growing funding gap (see EUROPE B12915A2, B12845A17).
This...