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Window of opportunity to prevent famine in Somalia is closing, Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee warn - 5 September 2022
5 September 2022 Somalia has reached a tipping point. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk, according to the latest food security and nutrition analysis. Famine[1] is...
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Pledging initiative
Pledge by members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on migrants affected by crises a. We will continue our efforts to protect humanitarian space and reject the politicization of aid for migrants...
Statement on Yemen by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 28 May 2020 [EN/AR]
We are increasingly alarmed about the situation in Yemen. COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country already experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, driven by an unabated...
NGO Letter in support of Common Services
April 21, 2020 Dear donor community, We write to you on behalf of organizations working on the front lines of the COVID-19 response to strongly encourage the funding of the Common Services components...
Les institutions du système des Nations Unies lancent un appel urgent à financer le système mondial d’approvisionnement d’urgence pour lutter contre la COVID-19
Déclaration conjointe Les chefs des principales institutions du système des Nations Unies ont mis en garde contre le risque que la COVID-19 faisait peser sur les pays les plus vulnérables de la...
An urgent call to fund the global emergency supply system to fight COVID-19
Dear donor community, Humanity is collectively facing its most daunting challenge since the Second World War. COVID-19 knows no borders, spares no country or continent, and strikes indiscriminately...
Statement on Yemen by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee 3 December 2018
We have met in Geneva today, for our regular twice-yearly discussion of the major humanitarian challenges facing the world. Yemen was first and foremost in our talks. We are alarmed at the dramatic...
The Grand Bargain – A Shared Commitment to Better Serve People in Need
We live in a world where conflicts, natural disasters and disease are driving ever greater numbers of people to seek desperate remedies for their hunger, safety and survival. The world has never been...
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Reviewing the Draft Certification Model: A Case Study in Pakistan
How can certification of humanitarian organisations contribute to greater effectiveness and accountability in humanitarian actions? Over the past 18 months, the Certification Review Project,...
How the Certification review sponsored by SCHR and the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) process led by HAP and People In Aid relate to each other
How Certification relates to the Core Humanitarian Standard Following many questions and concerns about how these two closely related projects are working side-by-side, we have drawn up a two-page...
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Reviewing the Draft Certification Model: A Case Study in Ethiopia
Certification Review Project: Phase Two – Pilot testing In middle of February, a two-person team travelled to Ethiopia to spend several days with the first of the project’s pilot host organisations,...
Professionalising the Sector: A Proposed Certification Model for Humanitarian Organisations (Revised) Draft for Discussion Version 2.0
The revised version of the draft certification model is now available for your feedback. (Translated versions are being prepared and will be shared as soon as possible). The Certification Project...
Professionalising the Sector: A Proposed Certification Model for Humanitarian Organisations - Draft for Discussion Version 1.0
How can certification of humanitarian organisations contribute to greater effectiveness and accountability in humanitarian actions? Over the past year, the Certification Review Project, sponsored by...
Position Paper on Humanitarian Military Relations
Since the 2004 SCHR position paper on 'humanitarian-military relations in the provision of humanitarian assistance', the operating environment for humanitarian organisations has undergone substantive...
SCHR Peer Review on Accountability to Disaster-Affected Populations: An Overview of Lessons Learned
The Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) is an alliance of major international humanitarian organisations aiming to support increased quality, accountability and learning within the...
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Leading humanitarian organizations urge response to "forgotten" emergencies
Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response 17, ch des Crêts, Petit-Saconnex, 1211 geneva 19, switzerland tel: (41 22) 730 4500 fax: 730 4999 e-mail: schr@ifrc.org Geneva, 8 July, 1999 - Chief...