A N A LY S I S GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER A GLOBAL COMMON GOOD Improving Financing for UN Humanitarian Aid In numerous crisis areas ­humanitarian organizations both inside and outside the UN s­ ystem have insufficient funds, while existing aid ­resources are often not ­employed according to needs. Key donor countries prefer the existing approach, in which humanitarian aid is primarily implemented in accordance with their own geostrategic regional priorities. Dieter Reinhardt June 2019 Reform discussions should take into account variants of a mandatory humanitar­ian budget, similar to the assessed contributions of Member States to the UN’s peace­keeping budget.