Saving lives, preventing suffering and building resilience

This document is the British Government’s new humanitarian policy. It sets out how the UK will help build resilience to future disasters and respond to humanitarian need created by conflict and natural disasters. 

The policy commits the British Government to build resilience in all countries where it works and recognises the importance of anticipation, humanitarian leadership and innovation. It also outlines the UK’s ambition to work with others to find new ways of acting quickly in "slow onset" disasters to stop them becoming major emergencies. It highlights the UK’s commitment to the principle of delivering aid according to need and need alone.

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/1/The%20UK%20Government%27s%20Humanitarian%20Policy%20-%20September%202011%20-%20Final.pdf