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‘We are One Humanity with a Shared Responsibility,’ Secretary‑General Stresses

ISTANBUL, 23 May - The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit opened today in Istanbul with more than 65 Heads of State and Government, and numerous public- and private-sector stakeholders gathered for two days of high-level discussions on ways to rapidly advance global efforts to address the record numbers of people suffering from conflict, climate disasters and hunger.

“We are here to shape a different future,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.  “Today, we declare: We are one humanity with a shared responsibility.  Let us resolve here and now not only to keep people alive, but to give people a chance at a life in dignity.”

Providing a snapshot of current crises, he said hundreds had been killed in a recent earthquake in Ecuador, thousands more had been forced to flee bombings in Syria, millions faced hunger in Southern Africa and 130 million had been displaced by conflict and situations that had forced them to become refugees.  Over the next two days, he said, the people of the world were watching for commitments in five areas: conflict prevention, civilian protection, leaving no one behind, ending humanitarian need and investing in humanity.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, expressed hope that the Summit would lead to auspicious outcomes for the hundreds of millions of people struggling to sustain their lives under great distress.  Crises caused by war, natural hazards, epidemics and climate change threatened the common future of humanity.  “Pain knows no colour, race, language or religion,” he said.

Stressing that the core responsibilities of the Secretary-General’s Agenda for Humanity were important in that context, he urged the international community to ensure that current conflicts were ended and new ones prevented.

Throughout the Summit, high-level leaders’ round tables and special sessions would focus on a range of

Somalia-based Islamist movement

For other uses of "Al-Shabaab", see Al-Shabab.

Not to be confused with Al-Shabaab (Mozambique).

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, commonly known as al-Shabaab, is a transnational Salafi Jihadist military and political organization based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. It is actively involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War as an Islamist group, regularly invoking takfir to rationalize its terrorist attacks on Somali civilians and government forces. Allied to the militantpan-Islamist organization al-Qaeda since 2012, it has also forged ties with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Formed in the mid-2000s as a youth militia within the wider military wing of the Islamic Courts Union, al-Shabaab came to prominence during the 2006–2009 Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia, during which it presented itself as a vehicle for the waging of armed resistance against the occupying Ethiopian army. In subsequent years, it gained popular support from Somalis and became a dominant force in south and central Somalia, defending large swathes of territory by fighting against the African Union Mission to Somalia and the Federal Government of Somalia, as well as the latter's transitional predecessor. Al-Shabaab gained international prominence due to its recruitment of foreign fighters, including fighters who are from Western countries. Countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates have designated it as a terrorist organization, and the United States has militarily intervened in order to fight against the group.

Between 2011 and 2013, a coalition of African Union forces, led by the Somali government, wrested a significant amount of territory from al-Shabaab, including the capital city, Mogadishu. During the same period, t

Abstract: Many terrorist groups have released statements advocating weaponizing COVID-19. Those entities exercising some form of territorial control, such as the Taliban and al-Shabaab, also face wider questions over the capacity and inclination of their administrative systems to effectively respond to the crisis. In Somalia, al-Shabaab has proactively established an isolation center and is issuing health advice, the latest extensions of a long-running experiment in militant governance. Previous humanitarian disasters revealed the group’s largesse to be ad hoc and rather mercurial. While recent strategic setbacks could change how it navigates this latest challenge, the pandemic may nevertheless expose intrinsic limitations in al-Shabaab’s approach to civic administration. The key issue is whether the authorities the group is fighting can do any better.

Internationally recognized governments are not the only stakeholders that have been deliberating over how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Communications released by jihadi organizations and their affiliated media outlets demonstrate a degree of hesitation about how to capitalize on the global crisis.

Transnational networks with little territorial control such as the remnants of the Islamic State inside Syria and Iraq and al-Qa`ida Central deemed COVID-19 a “Soldier of Allah,” sent to weaken the enemies of Islam and punish the disbelievers. While rudimentary health advice has been circulated through these organizations’ official channels, they have also consistently claimed that jihad would itself provide protection and sought to ‘weaponize’ the virus by encouraging attacks against the “Crusader” enemy.

Such propagandizing and proselytizing are expected and well documented, yet there has been little coverage of extremist movements actually ‘governing’ large populations, where entirely different challenges are presented by the pandemic. Some groups may be starting to display a pragmatic streak in their