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Scars of War and Deprivation: An Urgent Call to Reverse Tigray’s Humanitarian Crisis
By Sarah Miller | February 29, 2024 Executive Summary It has been over a year since peace was declared between the Federal Ethiopia Government and authorities in the Tigray region. Yet at a time when...
Joint NGO statement on the devastating impacts of funding cuts to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
In light of the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the Israeli advance on Rafah, the last refuge for more than 1.5 million Palestinian civilians, the undersigned aid organisations are...
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Women’s Refugee Commission and 150+ Organizations Oppose Proposed Biden Administration Actions That Would Harm People Seeking Asylum
We, the undersigned 150+ international, national, state, local, and faith-based organizations, are deeply alarmed at reports that you may wield your executive power to further endanger asylum seekers...
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Bearing Witness: Atrocities and Looming Hunger in Darfur - A Report Informed by Darfur Refugees in Eastern Chad
DANIEL P. SULLIVAN FEBRUARY 2024 Summary Twenty years on from the Darfur genocide, mass atrocities are once again underway in Darfur. As a larger war continues to ravage the country of Sudan, a...
Colombia + 1 more
A Forgotten Response and An Uncertain Future: Venezuelans’ Economic Inclusion in Colombia
By Martha Guerrero Ble | November 30, 2023 Executive Summary More than eight years have passed since the situation in Venezuela began to implode, pushing millions of people to search for protection...
Civilians are in crisis in Gaza – Donors must restore funds for UNRWA
Joint statement from humanitarian NGOs February 3, 2024 — The U.S. decision to temporarily pause funding for UNRWA will dramatically weaken the backbone of the humanitarian response for 2.2 million...
Pauses, Corridors, and Safe Zones in Gaza: Rhetoric vs. Reality
On 9 November 2023, it was announced that Israel had agreed to implement four hour so-called “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to relocate civilians out of northern Gaza towards the south. Prior to this...
Civil Society Sounds Alarm: Take Immediate Action on Sudan or Be Complicit in Future Atrocities
We, the undersigned Sudanese and international civil society groups have come together to sound the alarm on future atrocities being committed in Sudan, based on the patterns of atrocities that have...
Joint open letter on transfer of 155mm artillery shells to Israel
Dear Secretary Austin, We, the undersigned humanitarian, national security, human rights, faith-based, civilian protection, and grassroots organizations, write to express our alarm regarding the...
World + 1 more
75 NGOs Urge Congress To Fund Humanitarian & Food Assistance Programs In Next Supplemental
InterAction—the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs dedicated to implementing and advocating for U.S. humanitarian, health, development, and democracy programs—and its Members and partners...
2023 Carta Abierta a los Representantes Permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas antes del Debate Abierto anual sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad
Estimados Embajadores, Les escribimos antes del Debate Abierto anual sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad (MPS) de este año para instarlos a tomar medidas para hacer realidad la demanda fundamental de la...
Lettre ouverte de 2023 aux Représentants permanents auprès des Nations unies à l’occasion du Débat ouvert annuel sur le programme « femmes, paix et sécurité »
Chères Ambassadrices, Chers Ambassadeurs, Nous nous adressons à vous à l’approche du Débat ouvert sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité pour vous exhorter à mettre en œuvre les principes...
2023 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security [EN/AR/RU]
Dear Ambassadors, We write to you ahead of this year’s annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) to urge you to take action to realize the foundational demand of Resolution 1325...
Haiti + 1 more
Letter from over 70 organizations calling for suspension of deportation flights to Haiti
The Honorable Alejandro N. Mayorkas Secretary US Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C., 20528 Dear Secretary Mayorkas, Since November 2022, when the United Nations High Commissioner for...
Joint Statement Urging More Aid, Solidarity and Attention to Sudan Crisis
We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing across...
Costa Rica + 1 more
Asylum Seekers in Costa Rica Struggle to Survive as New Decree Restricts Access to Work
By Martha Guerrero Ble , Ariana Ames | August 24, 2023 Costa Rica has a long history of welcoming people in need of international protection. In recent years, the country has become a major...
Myanmar + 1 more
Refugees International Statement on Sixth Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day
Statement from Refugees International: “August 25, 2023, marks six years since the genocide that devastated the Rohingya people of Myanmar. Refugees International stands in solidarity with the...
Egypt + 1 more
Sudan in Crisis: Improving the Response for Sudanese Refugees in Egypt
Executive Summary The outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan on April 15 has led to massive displacement and a...
USA + 2 more
203 Groups Join Letter Urging President Biden Halt Use and Defense of Asylum Ban Policy
August 2, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden, The undersigned 203 civil, human rights, and...