World Humanitarian Summit organised for the first time in the history by the initiative of Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, was held in İstanbul on May 23 and 24 2016.

There are multiple partners in the summit as international and regional organisation officials, parliamentarians, members of non-governmental organisations, academics, media members, private sector, youth and people affected by crises as well as official delegations from United Nations member states.

The summit Yunus Emre Enstitüsü participated with a film titled Preserve Humanity, aims to develop and propose solutions to challenges faced by current global human system with contributions of all partners, and additionally to set the agenda of future humanitarian aid efforts.