The effects of the activities of The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in humanitarian logistics in 2019-2022
The effects of the activities of The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in humanitarian logistics in 2019-2022

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article are selected results of the activities of The United Nations HumanitarianAir Service (UNHAS) as a service of the United Nations carrying out air operations for humanitarian pur-poses. The article adopts a research goal of explaining the specialization and effects of UNHAS activitiesin humanitarian logistics in 2019-2022.The research problem in the work is as follows: What were the results of UNHAS activities in humani-tarian logistics in 2019-2022? The research hypothesis in the article is as follows: UNHAS effectivelyimplemented international humanitarian aid in 2019-2022, serving United Nations agencies and non--governmental organizations in particular. UNHAS activities included such trends as the increase in thenumber of passengers transported from crisis areas and goods for humanitarian purposes, the increasein the number of destinations for providing humanitarian aid and the increase in the value of financinghumanitarian operations. The main sources of problems and challenges in the functioning of UNHAS in2019-2022 are the difficulties in forecasting the scale of humanitarian needs and the growing financialgap and dependence on the political will of the United States and the state of cooperation between thatcountry and OCHA as a UN body and additionally the European Union. For the purposes of the article,research methods were used in the form of analysis of existing data (desk research), analysis of documentspublished by WFP as the organization managing UNHAS activities, as well as a case study for UNHASas a specialized humanitarian aid support service in the UN institutional system. The article shows that UNHAS is the UN humanitarian service specializing in the implementation of air operations for humani-tarian purposes. From 2019 to 2022, most of UNHAS’s efforts focused on delivering humanitarian aidto African countries. The Covid-19 pandemic temporarily weakened the capabilities of humanitarianoperations, which, combined with the financial gap, amplified the challenges in humanitarian logistics atthe turn of the second and third decades of the 21st century.

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