GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Abstract

The research paper entitled “Global Humanitarian Crisis and the Sustainable Development Goals” is a research effort to understand the global humanitarian crisis and its inter-linkages with the SDGs. The Global Humanitarian needs, requirements, crisis and emergencies of various countries/economies have posed a serious challenge and risk to the global policy planners worldwide. The United Nations and various other international organizations including international NGOs and civil societies have been working in tandem to achieve the objectives of global humanitarian need and emergencies of various countries which have been reeling under the crisis. The conflict affected countries such as the Latin American and Caribbean including African and the SIDSs and Land locked countries have been mostly affected on account of conflict related issues and the extreme pangs of poverty and inequalities in growth and income distribution. The global humanitarian crisis including the recent COVID-19 crisis which is both a health and as well a humanitarian crisis have also posed serious threats and challenges in achieving the SDGs slated by the United Nations. In fact, the slogan and the motto of SDGs which is „leaving no one behind‟ cannot be achieved due to the prevailing global pandemic and the global humanitarian crisis. In order to mitigate and overcome the crisis and in order to achieve the SDGs slated by UN, there needs to be a consistent effort on the part of the global community to strike a balance between achieving the objectives of global humanitarian goals and the SDGs. These are possible by reducing the effects of the global pandemic and resolve the issues of conflict affected states by propagating and advocating the concept of positive peace and development in the global societies. It is observed that there have been consistent efforts on the part of the global community and related international agencies such as the international NGOs and the civil societies which have been working in unison and in close coordination with the largest international organization i.e. United Nations to resolve these global issues. The concept of SDGs have been integrated, linked and embedded in the philosophy of the global community which it seems have become a way of life of the countries at large to achieve the SDGs through mitigation of the global humanitarian crisis. The research study dwells into the aspects of Recent Emerging Trends/Challenges & Risks relating to Global Humanitarian Crisis, Regional and Country Overview pertaining to Global Humanitarian Crisis, Global Trends and Challenges for Mitigating Global Humanitarian Crisis, Humanitarian Outlook: Needs & Requirements of Global Communities, Innovative Humanitarian Financing and Aid etc.,