Speaking before the European Parliament’s Development Committee (DEVE) on Tuesday 17 March, Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, and Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, sounded the alarm about the suffocation of the global humanitarian system.
“The funding gap has widened dramatically”, warned the Commissioner, pointing out that the ten largest donors had reduced their contributions by $9 billion in one...