A network made up of organizations, territorial missions and volunteers present in nearly 60 countries met to strengthen international coordination on human rights, humanitarian assistance and operational cooperation.

An important coordination meeting was held yesterday afternoon between the Confederation of Humanitarian Nations and some of its confederated international organizations.

The meeting was attended by Director A. Bellardita and President Ioan Tataru of the International Court of Vienna, Myriam Bettinelli for SafeBlood and World Health Board, the World Director of CIDHU, CNU Mission Chiefs Sara Romano for Costa Rica and Assane Niage for Senegal, as well as René Cavilli, Representative of the CNU College for Health.

René Cavilli also provided valuable French interpretation support, with linguistic assistance from Sara Romano for the Spanish language, allowing a smoother and more direct exchange among the international representatives present.

Eight people gathered around an operational table, yet able to represent a much wider network: volunteers, representatives, organizations and structures present in nearly 60 countries.

An international agenda for 2026

During the meeting, an initial international programmatic work agenda for 2026 was defined, following the programmatic plan of the Secretary General for the new mandate of the Secretariat, published in February.

The agenda aims to strengthen coordination between CNU and its confederated organizations, improve information sharing and build common operational lines in the fields of human rights protection, humanitarian assistance, territorial cooperation and the protection of vulnerable communities.

The discussion highlighted a central point: CNU and its Confederated Partners intend to pursue a different way of understanding the defense of human rights and humanitarian action.

Not a purely assistance-based vision.

Not charity that creates dependency.

Not a rhetoric of peace imposed from above.

The direction indicated is different: to export knowledge, competence, tools, training and operational capacity, so that every community can become more autonomous, more aware and stronger.

A humanitarian model based on competence

For CNU, defending human rights does not only mean denouncing violations or intervening in emergency situations. It also means creating concrete conditions so that people and territories do not remain permanently dependent on external aid.

Humanitarian action, in this vision, must not be limited to temporary assistance, but must generate responsibility, dignity, preparation and concrete capacity for action.

The meeting confirmed that the Confederation is not merely an institutional acronym, but a living network made up of people, organizations and territorial missions working to make their international presence more coordinated, credible and effective.

Next steps

The next steps will focus on defining shared projects, collecting and circulating operational information, strengthening cooperation among confederated bodies and building common initiatives in the various countries where the CNU network is present.

The strength of the Confederation comes precisely from this: not from the isolated action of a single organization, but from the ability to walk together, share competences and turn international cooperation into concrete work in service of communities.