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title: "1.3.1 The Agenda for Humanity and the World Humanitarian Summit"
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# 1.3.1 The Agenda for Humanity and the World Humanitarian Summit

In 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) to generate commitments to reduce suffering and deliver better for people caught in humanitarian crises, and to demonstrate support for a new Agenda for Humanity.

The [Agenda for Humanity](https://agendaforhumanity.org/) was a five-point plan outlining the changes needed to alleviate suffering, reduce risk, and lessen vulnerability on a global scale. In the Agenda, humanity (people’s safety, dignity, and the right to thrive) was placed at the heart of global decision-making. To achieve this, global leaders and all humanitarian actors were called upon to act on Five Core Responsibilities:

**1)** Prevent and end conflict **2)** Respect rules of war **3)** Leave no one behind **4)** Working differently to end need **5****)** Invest in Humanity.

World Humanitarian Summit