Around 130 active conflicts are currently taking place worldwide, generating about 70% of humanitarian needs.

Omissions

• The 'around 130 conflicts' figure is ICRC data for 2024 (published in the ICRC Humanitarian Outlook 2026), while the MEP presented it as 'currently' taking place in 2026 — a slight temporal imprecision.
• The exact verbatim phrasing 'conflicts generate about 70% of humanitarian needs' could not be fully retrieved from available snippets; the 70% figure appears in ICRC communications and in the EU joint communication JOIN(2026) 25, where the ~70% is linked to conflicts AND climate-related disasters together, not necessarily to conflicts alone.
• The MEP cited no source; the figures originate with the ICRC and humanitarian appeals (OCHA/Global Humanitarian Overview context).

Sources

• PrimaryICRC — Humanitarian Outlook 2026: A World Succumbing to WarThe number of armed conflicts continues to climb, reaching around 130 in 2024 - more than double the number just 15 years ago.
• PrimaryICRC — Humanitarian needs to deepen in dozens of conflict zones as world's attention wanesFunding has also decreased all while 70% of the ... (snippet truncated in search results; figure of 70% appears in the context of humanitarian needs/funding linked to conflict zones)
• PrimaryCouncil of the EU document register — JOIN(2026) 25 (EU joint communication)Proliferation of conflicts and climate-related disasters are driving humanitarian needs to record levels, while financial ... around 70% of global ... (snippet truncated; ~70% of global humanitarian needs attributed to conflicts and climate-related disasters)