CHAtroom #23: Why do we talk about a crisis?

Ramesh Rajasingham, Head and Representative of OCHA in Geneva and a key player in the ‘humanitarian reset’, was a keynote speaker at the CHA Conference 2025. In the follow up Ralf Südhoff interviewed him in the CHAtroom studio and spoke with him about a global crisis which goes well beyond the humanitarian system, about the status and the limitations of the ‘humanitarian reset’ agenda, about Ramesh’s response to Global South critics who question OCHA’s approach for internal system reform and what the next steps will be in the much awaited reset of the international humanitarian community.   

Show Notes:

• Donor letter to IASC: Suggestions for bolder action in line with Humanitarian Reset
• ERC letter to IASC Principals – The Humanitarian Reset
• Statement by Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher – The Humanitarian Reset – Phase Two