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Participants were invited to make individual or joint commitments to help achieve the Agenda for Humanity. In addition, they were invited to align themselves to 32 core commitments developed for the 7 High-level Leaders’ Roundtables of the World Humanitarian Summit. Each stakeholders commitments are organized by commitment type in the table below.

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2B
Ensure full access to and protection of the humanitarian and medical missions

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Using humanitarian principles as a guide and a driving force for their action, Coordination SUD sgnatories commit to respecting, promoting and applying humanitarian principles as well as making them a part of their internal policies; ssigning the "Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and for NGOs" and applying this to their action; denouncing obstacles to principled humanitarian aid; encouraging other stakeholders, including their partners, to sign up to these principles and to apply them to their work; and systematically denouncing serious attacks upon humanitarian staff and their mission, and promoting better protection of humanitarian aid workers.
  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

4A
Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Promoting the role of local stakeholders for a complementary context-adapted response, Coordination SUD signatories commit to: promoting the involvement of local stakeholders (institutions, national NGOs, communities, etc.) in their responses, unless the context renders it impossible; respecting the Principles of Partnership, promoting them to all stakeholders present and referring to these in all partnership agreements; strengthening capacity-building amongst local stakeholders, notably regarding meeting the needs of vulnerable populations and dealing with institutional donors as well as respecting humanitarian principles; and including local services and skills when planning their responses, unless the context renders it impossible.
  • Operational
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

4C
Deliver collective outcomes: transcend humanitarian-development divides

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Working for a coherent and effective integration of humanitarian action into the global aid system, Coordination SUD signatories commit to: ensuring that their strategy and action help towards reaching the objectives laid out in international and global frameworks; basing their decisions on a concerted approach with the participation of all stakeholders involved in issues relating to aid, and sharing with them analyses of context and needs assessments, unless the context renders it impossible; ensuring that humanitarian aid does not create dependency and does not compromise long-term investment aimed at making affected populations more resilient; improving the continuum between emergency situations and development by offering a united, complementary response.
  • Operational
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need