This session aims to explore how we can reinforce unity in the humanitarian community when negotiating and maintaining a principled approach in challenging operating environments such as Yemen. The session will discuss questions like :

• How far are humanitarians ready to go to have access and save lives? What is the reality of red lines in practice?
• Why is it difficult for humanitarians to maintain a united position in humanitarian negotiations? What have we done well so far in maintaining a united position?
• What should we improve in the future?

Through these questions the session strives to learn from the Yemen experience and research, reinforce good practices such as the SOM process, and generate concrete recommendations to improve the coordination of humanitarian negotiations.

This session aims to explore how we can reinforce unity in the humanitarian community when negotiating and maintaining a principled approach in challenging operating environments such as Yemen. The session will discuss questions like :

• How far are humanitarians ready to go to have access and save lives? What is the reality of red lines in practice?
• Why is it difficult for humanitarians to maintain a united position in humanitarian negotiations? What have we done well so far in maintaining a united position?
• What should we improve in the future?

Through these questions the session strives to learn from the Yemen experience and research, reinforce good practices such as the SOM process, and generate concrete recommendations to improve the coordination of humanitarian negotiations.

This session aims to explore how we can reinforce unity in the humanitarian community when negotiating and maintaining a principled approach in challenging operating environments such as Yemen. The session will discuss questions like :

• How far are humanitarians ready to go to have access and save lives? What is the reality of red lines in practice?
• Why is it difficult for humanitarians to maintain a united position in humanitarian negotiations? What have we done well so far in maintaining a united position?
• What should we improve in the future?

Through these questions the session strives to learn from the Yemen experience and research, reinforce good practices such as the SOM process, and generate concrete recommendations to improve the coordination of humanitarian negotiations.