UN entity on #HumanSecurity. Driving transformative, multi-actor solutions to complex crises for a peaceful, prosperous, resilient & inclusive future for all.

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Joined April 2017
In September, Rome brought together government representatives, civil society and researchers on #HumanSecurity. Four key messages emerged, from protecting safety, dignity and livelihoods to advancing human security together. Watch to learn more馃摴 #RomeDialogue
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Human-centered. Integrated. Regionally led. Tools that travel. Evidence to policy to action. These are some of the principles behind how #UNTFHS helped scale a pilot into regional climate mobility policy across the Pacific. #HumanSecurity
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From seed funding to US$24 million. From one initiative to 18 Member States & 6 core partners. The #UNTFHS Pacific climate mobility programme shows what catalytic, people-centred investment can achieve. #HumanSecurity
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Climate mobility does not stop at borders. Neither can the response. Across the Pacific, regional and national partners are building stronger systems, shared tools and greater coordination to turn regional cooperation into national action. #HumanSecurity
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13 national consultations. A Technical Advisory Group of Pacific experts, youth & civil society. A Joint Working Group co-chaired by Fiji & Tuvalu. This is how #UNTFHS helped govern climate mobility from the ground up. #HumanSecurity
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Climate impacts in the Pacific erode livelihoods, food systems & cultural identity, driving people to move. A #UNTFHS seed investment in 2019 has since grown into an 18-Member State partnership mobilizing US$7 million to scale up regionally.
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From Cabo Verde to Ciudad Ju谩rez to Egypt: this week showed what it means to build cities for people, not people for cities. #HumanSecurity isn't applied from outside a city, it's a government deciding its people come first. #UNTFHS #UrbanOctober
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Half the world lives in cities, but for hundreds of millions, opportunity stays out of reach. A #UNTFHS programme in Ciudad Ju谩rez & Durban built the Urban Safety & #HumanSecurity Monitor, reaching 5.2M residents through proactive, people-centred planning.
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#HumanSecurity is really about putting people at the center. Before a neighborhood, before a city, before a policy, there is a household, the starting point of human development itself. Grace Chikumo-Mtonga on where security actually begins. #UNTFHS
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"Block-by-Block" is turning Cabo Verde's most vulnerable communities into co-creators of their own development, using video gaming as a planning tool. 225,000+ people reached, now expanding into social housing across new municipalities. #HumanSecurity #UNTFHS
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Looking back at #WUF13 in Baku, Dr. Alexandra Abello Colak of @LSEGeography explains how the #HumanSecurity approach helps cities understand risks in context, listen to communities, and shape solutions that respond to people鈥檚 realities. #UrbanOctober
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When housing, livelihoods, health & tenure are treated as separate mandates, gains stay fragile. Egypt's 2025-26 plan shows what changes when a government treats #HumanSecurity as an operating principle, not a policy add-on. #UNTFHS #UrbanOctober
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What does it mean to put people at the center of how we build cities? Juma Assiago of @UNHABITAT reflects on how #HumanSecurity can reshape urban development and housing by addressing vulnerabilities and grounding efforts in local realities. #UrbanOctober
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The Housing & Human Security for All Model responds with a dual strategy: top-down protection and bottom-up empowerment, already proven in Tripoli, Mexico & South Africa, and beyond. #HumanSecurity #UNTFHS
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Looking back at #WUF13 in Baku, Dr. Alexandra Abello Colak of @LSEIRDept explains how the #HumanSecurity approach helps cities understand risks in context, listen to communities, and shape solutions that respond to people鈥檚 realities. #UrbanOctober
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馃彔 Housing shapes our security, health and opportunities. #HumanSecurity connects these needs and gives communities a voice in their future. #UrbanOctober #UNTFHS
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3 billion people lack access to adequate housing. 1.1 billion live in informal settlements. This #WorldHabitatDay, #UNTFHS is showing how the #HumanSecurity approach turns housing into a strategic foundation for resilient, inclusive cities. #UrbanOctober
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Relatively modest catalytic financing to test and scale integrated solutions. #UNTFHS's Liberia programme, 5 UN agencies, 1.3M people reached, shows what that looks like in practice. #HumanSecurity #UNGA81
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Can multilateralism deliver tangible results for people? In Syria, #UNTFHS's Area-Based Return Support programme connects services, livelihoods, peacebuilding & institutional capacity for a locally grounded & nationally driven response. #HumanSecurity #UNGA81
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@FAOMauritania& @WFP en partenariat avec le Commissariat 脿 la S茅curit茅 Alimentaire 馃嚥馃嚪 organisent 1 atelier de suivi& d'engagement des parties prenantes du projet 芦March茅s, changement climatique& s茅curit茅 alimentaire禄 financ茅 par @UNhumansecurity
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