global partnership for the prevention of armed conflict,

As largely home grown initiatives – albeit sometimes receiving various forms of external support – they are not a product of the security-development nexus of Western directed international peace operations. While some of these responses originate in “global civil society”, many of the most creative and effective attempts to address the causes of conflict and to help resolve it peacefully are undertaken by people from the conflict affected communities themselves.

This report is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic below and in Russian here.You can also scroll down to download the executive summary or individual chapters in English.With civilian deaths estimated to account for approximately 75 percent of war-related casualties, ordinary people are increasingly mobilising to respond to the challenge of conflict. The next pandemic could be just around the corner: if the experience of COVID-19 won’t quicken our steps toward preparedness, what will? We can save lives simply by being prepared. In other words, preparedness is an ongoing, continuous process. Being truly prepared therefore means being ready to respond, to recover, and to learn lessons for next time. Our World Disasters Report 2022 focuses on the coronavirus pandemic and preparedness: both the ways preparedness ahead of COVID-19 was inadequate, and how the world can prepare more effectively for future public health emergencies.įor the IFRC, preparedness encompasses preventing, responding to, and recovering from an emergency.

More than 6.5 million people are confirmed to have died in less than three years, and the pandemic’s indirect impacts have touched the lives of virtually every community on the planet. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest disaster in living memory, on almost any measure.

Global partnership for the prevention of armed conflict,