Tom Fletcher
@tomfletcherun.bsky.social
United Nations Humanitarian Chief.
Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof.
Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof.
Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
2025 was tough. But 2026 is going to be a year of ambition and solidarity.
Our plan? Laser-focused, stripped back, costed, reformed, efficient – a plan to save 87m lives in 2026.
Let’s go.
Our plan? Laser-focused, stripped back, costed, reformed, efficient – a plan to save 87m lives in 2026.
Let’s go.
January 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
2025 was tough. But 2026 is going to be a year of ambition and solidarity.
Our plan? Laser-focused, stripped back, costed, reformed, efficient – a plan to save 87m lives in 2026.
Let’s go.
Our plan? Laser-focused, stripped back, costed, reformed, efficient – a plan to save 87m lives in 2026.
Let’s go.
Important 2bn USD contribution to humanitarian action from US.
Vote of trust in Humanitarian Reset: faster, leaner, prioritised, and closer to people on front lines of emergencies.
We are setting out to save 87m lives in 2026.
Vote of trust in Humanitarian Reset: faster, leaner, prioritised, and closer to people on front lines of emergencies.
We are setting out to save 87m lives in 2026.
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Important 2bn USD contribution to humanitarian action from US.
Vote of trust in Humanitarian Reset: faster, leaner, prioritised, and closer to people on front lines of emergencies.
We are setting out to save 87m lives in 2026.
Vote of trust in Humanitarian Reset: faster, leaner, prioritised, and closer to people on front lines of emergencies.
We are setting out to save 87m lives in 2026.
Just announced $2 billion US contribution in support of our plan to save 87m lives in 2026.
Thank you to President Trump, Sec. Rubio and Jeremy Lewin for powerful vote of confidence in Humanitarian Reset: neutral, efficient, lean, locally led humanitarian action. Let’s deliver.
Thank you to President Trump, Sec. Rubio and Jeremy Lewin for powerful vote of confidence in Humanitarian Reset: neutral, efficient, lean, locally led humanitarian action. Let’s deliver.
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just announced $2 billion US contribution in support of our plan to save 87m lives in 2026.
Thank you to President Trump, Sec. Rubio and Jeremy Lewin for powerful vote of confidence in Humanitarian Reset: neutral, efficient, lean, locally led humanitarian action. Let’s deliver.
Thank you to President Trump, Sec. Rubio and Jeremy Lewin for powerful vote of confidence in Humanitarian Reset: neutral, efficient, lean, locally led humanitarian action. Let’s deliver.
Back in Geneva.
December 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Back in Geneva.
I’ve allocated $1M from UN Central Emergency Respond Fund to respond to a fast-spreading diphtheria outbreak in #Mali.
With rising cases, limited health access and vaccine shortages, this funding will support life-saving care in Mopti, Ségou & Tombouctou – where needs are highest.
With rising cases, limited health access and vaccine shortages, this funding will support life-saving care in Mopti, Ségou & Tombouctou – where needs are highest.
December 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I’ve allocated $1M from UN Central Emergency Respond Fund to respond to a fast-spreading diphtheria outbreak in #Mali.
With rising cases, limited health access and vaccine shortages, this funding will support life-saving care in Mopti, Ségou & Tombouctou – where needs are highest.
With rising cases, limited health access and vaccine shortages, this funding will support life-saving care in Mopti, Ségou & Tombouctou – where needs are highest.
An end of year Humanifesto, with some frustration, hope, challenge, Moby, Lakshmi, Liam Neeson and some (seasonal) peacemaking.
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HUMANIFESTO – EDITION 25
Istanbul, 19 December 2025 (Apologies - this ended up a long one …) Three weeks ago I was in an emergency feeding centre in Tawila, Darfur - where humanitarians are supporting the survivors of the atr...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
An end of year Humanifesto, with some frustration, hope, challenge, Moby, Lakshmi, Liam Neeson and some (seasonal) peacemaking.
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Thank you @filippograndi.unhcr.org for your decades of extraordinary service to make this world a better place. @unhcr.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thank you @filippograndi.unhcr.org for your decades of extraordinary service to make this world a better place. @unhcr.org
Türkiye’s humanitarian expertise – from emergency response to refugee protection – is on frontline of humanitarian mission.
Thank you to Turkish Red Crescent.
Thank you to Turkish Red Crescent.
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Türkiye’s humanitarian expertise – from emergency response to refugee protection – is on frontline of humanitarian mission.
Thank you to Turkish Red Crescent.
Thank you to Turkish Red Crescent.
Another strong exchange with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Türkiye is a pivotal mediator across the region and beyond.
We also discussed our plans to save 87m lives in 2026.
Türkiye is a pivotal mediator across the region and beyond.
We also discussed our plans to save 87m lives in 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Another strong exchange with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Türkiye is a pivotal mediator across the region and beyond.
We also discussed our plans to save 87m lives in 2026.
Türkiye is a pivotal mediator across the region and beyond.
We also discussed our plans to save 87m lives in 2026.
Allocating $100 million from UN Central Emergency Respond Fund to underfunded emergencies around the world.
This funding will help support the most vulnerable, and deliver life-saving aid fast where needs are greatest.
This funding will help support the most vulnerable, and deliver life-saving aid fast where needs are greatest.
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Allocating $100 million from UN Central Emergency Respond Fund to underfunded emergencies around the world.
This funding will help support the most vulnerable, and deliver life-saving aid fast where needs are greatest.
This funding will help support the most vulnerable, and deliver life-saving aid fast where needs are greatest.
The mission is right and the movement is out there. But as we reimagine humanitarianism, I need to hear your ideas.
So here is a 🔊Listening Channel: a space for debate, creativity, challenge.
Open. Anonymous. Unfiltered.
I’m listening. 👇
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So here is a 🔊Listening Channel: a space for debate, creativity, challenge.
Open. Anonymous. Unfiltered.
I’m listening. 👇
www.unocha.org/listening-ch...
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The mission is right and the movement is out there. But as we reimagine humanitarianism, I need to hear your ideas.
So here is a 🔊Listening Channel: a space for debate, creativity, challenge.
Open. Anonymous. Unfiltered.
I’m listening. 👇
www.unocha.org/listening-ch...
So here is a 🔊Listening Channel: a space for debate, creativity, challenge.
Open. Anonymous. Unfiltered.
I’m listening. 👇
www.unocha.org/listening-ch...
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Crises and conflicts are on the rise, but funding for humanitarian aid is dwindling: a major challenge for the #ODSG, currently under German chairmanship. Together with 29 other donors, we are working with @unocha.org to make the humanitarian system more effective and resilient. 1/2
Krisen & Konflikte nehmen zu, gleichzeitig schwinden Gelder für hum. Hilfe.
Große Herausforderungen auch für die #ODSG, die heute unter 🇩🇪 Vorsitz tagt.
Gemeinsam mit 29 weiteren Gebern, arbeiten wir mit @unocha.org daran, das hum. System wirksamer & widerstandsfähiger zu machen.1/2
Große Herausforderungen auch für die #ODSG, die heute unter 🇩🇪 Vorsitz tagt.
Gemeinsam mit 29 weiteren Gebern, arbeiten wir mit @unocha.org daran, das hum. System wirksamer & widerstandsfähiger zu machen.1/2
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Crises and conflicts are on the rise, but funding for humanitarian aid is dwindling: a major challenge for the #ODSG, currently under German chairmanship. Together with 29 other donors, we are working with @unocha.org to make the humanitarian system more effective and resilient. 1/2
This winter in #Afghanistan, hunger is soaring. Food aid has collapsed. Clinics are closing. 1.1 million children are missing life-saving nutrition.
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This winter in #Afghanistan, hunger is soaring. Food aid has collapsed. Clinics are closing. 1.1 million children are missing life-saving nutrition.
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
Candid discussions with our @unocha.org supporters on how we respond together to tough funding climate.
Thank you for your support and trust. We reform with vigour, regroup with confidence, renew with imagination.
Thank you for your support and trust. We reform with vigour, regroup with confidence, renew with imagination.
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Candid discussions with our @unocha.org supporters on how we respond together to tough funding climate.
Thank you for your support and trust. We reform with vigour, regroup with confidence, renew with imagination.
Thank you for your support and trust. We reform with vigour, regroup with confidence, renew with imagination.
The world’s emergency fund is 20. Today was a moment of pride, a mission for 2026, and a challenge for the next 20 years.
A fully funded $1B UNCERF is not symbolic. It’s a lifeline. And it’s needed now.
My remarks: bit.ly/3Mpv514
A fully funded $1B UNCERF is not symbolic. It’s a lifeline. And it’s needed now.
My remarks: bit.ly/3Mpv514
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The world’s emergency fund is 20. Today was a moment of pride, a mission for 2026, and a challenge for the next 20 years.
A fully funded $1B UNCERF is not symbolic. It’s a lifeline. And it’s needed now.
My remarks: bit.ly/3Mpv514
A fully funded $1B UNCERF is not symbolic. It’s a lifeline. And it’s needed now.
My remarks: bit.ly/3Mpv514
Launching 2026 plan to save 87m lives with US$23bn.
Delivered with ruthless prioritisation and efficiency.
We need moral ambition.
Will governments show up? This will define who lives and who falls through cracks.
Back us. Hold us to account.
bit.ly/4pmyITP
Delivered with ruthless prioritisation and efficiency.
We need moral ambition.
Will governments show up? This will define who lives and who falls through cracks.
Back us. Hold us to account.
bit.ly/4pmyITP
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Launching 2026 plan to save 87m lives with US$23bn.
Delivered with ruthless prioritisation and efficiency.
We need moral ambition.
Will governments show up? This will define who lives and who falls through cracks.
Back us. Hold us to account.
bit.ly/4pmyITP
Delivered with ruthless prioritisation and efficiency.
We need moral ambition.
Will governments show up? This will define who lives and who falls through cracks.
Back us. Hold us to account.
bit.ly/4pmyITP
Flying visit to DC to meet US Government, humanitarian partners and media on DRC, Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, reform. Must build on this period of intense US peacemaking.
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Flying visit to DC to meet US Government, humanitarian partners and media on DRC, Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, reform. Must build on this period of intense US peacemaking.
Spoke with @npr.org’s @ayesharascoe.bsky.social in DC on the ongoing nightmare in #Sudan and what we must do to stop it.
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UN official says war-torn Darfur, Sudan, is the 'epicenter of suffering'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher about his recent visit to Sudan.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Spoke with @npr.org’s @ayesharascoe.bsky.social in DC on the ongoing nightmare in #Sudan and what we must do to stop it.
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Miles of rubble and deep trauma in Gaza, even as lifesaving aid has been moving again in recent weeks after months of blockages.
We must continue the progress, and scale up further in the face of massive needs.
My interview with @jimsciutto.bsky.social on @cnn.com from DC.
We must continue the progress, and scale up further in the face of massive needs.
My interview with @jimsciutto.bsky.social on @cnn.com from DC.
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Miles of rubble and deep trauma in Gaza, even as lifesaving aid has been moving again in recent weeks after months of blockages.
We must continue the progress, and scale up further in the face of massive needs.
My interview with @jimsciutto.bsky.social on @cnn.com from DC.
We must continue the progress, and scale up further in the face of massive needs.
My interview with @jimsciutto.bsky.social on @cnn.com from DC.
Our Humanitarian Coordinators are the vital leaders of our lifesaving work, and the driving force of the humanitarian reset.
Grateful for their leadership, grit, and resilience.
Grateful for their leadership, grit, and resilience.
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our Humanitarian Coordinators are the vital leaders of our lifesaving work, and the driving force of the humanitarian reset.
Grateful for their leadership, grit, and resilience.
Grateful for their leadership, grit, and resilience.
Devastating flooding in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand & Malaysia – over a thousand reported deaths, millions affected.
Solidarity with everyone hit by this disaster.
UN stands ready to support urgent response alongside national authorities and partners.
Solidarity with everyone hit by this disaster.
UN stands ready to support urgent response alongside national authorities and partners.
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Devastating flooding in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand & Malaysia – over a thousand reported deaths, millions affected.
Solidarity with everyone hit by this disaster.
UN stands ready to support urgent response alongside national authorities and partners.
Solidarity with everyone hit by this disaster.
UN stands ready to support urgent response alongside national authorities and partners.
A tough road trip through Darfur, plans to save tens of millions of lives in 2026, three things I want to do better in my second year, activism 2025 and 1985, Taylor Swift TikTok and Ronnie Wood vinyl.
Humanifesto 24 👇.
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Humanifesto 24 👇.
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HUMANIFESTO – EDITION 24
Geneva, 26 November 2025 I last wrote en route to Sudan. This was one of the toughest missions I’ve done yet, and included a week in Darfur as we sought to respond to the horrors of El Fasher.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A tough road trip through Darfur, plans to save tens of millions of lives in 2026, three things I want to do better in my second year, activism 2025 and 1985, Taylor Swift TikTok and Ronnie Wood vinyl.
Humanifesto 24 👇.
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Humanifesto 24 👇.
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