▁Hand book ▁is ▁S phere ’ s ▁flags hip ▁publication . ▁It ▁compr ises ▁the ▁Human itar ian ▁Char ter , ▁the ▁Prote ction ▁Princi ples , ▁the ▁Core ▁Human itar ian ▁Standard , ▁and ▁minimum ▁human itar ian ▁standards ▁in ▁four ▁areas ▁of ▁response : ▁Water ▁supply , ▁san itation ▁and ▁h yg iene ▁promotion ▁( W ASH ); ▁Food ▁security ▁and ▁nut r ition ; ▁Sh elter ▁and ▁settlement ; ▁and ▁Health . ▁ ▁The ▁Hand book ▁is ▁likely ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁known ▁and ▁intern ation ally ▁recognized ▁tool ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁human itar ian ▁standards . ▁Consider ing ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁ed itions , ▁the ▁S phere ▁Hand book ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 ▁languages . ▁ ▁The ▁S phere ▁standards ▁are ▁period ically ▁re vised ▁to ▁make ▁sure ▁the ▁Hand book ▁reflect s ▁new ▁evidence ▁and ▁evol ving ▁practice ▁in ▁the ▁human itar ian ▁sector . ▁ ▁First ▁and ▁second ▁edition ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁S phere ▁Hand book ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁establish ing ▁an ▁oper ational ▁framework ▁for ▁account ability ▁in ▁human itar ian ▁emer gen cies ▁through ▁the ▁Human itar ian ▁Char ter ▁and ▁Min imum ▁Stand ards . ▁The ▁re vised ▁edition ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁added ▁food ▁security ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁sector , ▁integr ating ▁nut r ition ▁and ▁food ▁aid . ▁A ▁new ▁chapter ▁addressed ▁process ▁standards ▁common ▁to ▁all ▁se ctors , ▁including ▁participation , ▁monitoring , ▁evaluation , ▁and ▁staff