EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The adoption of the 2030 Agenda commits United Nations Member States to ensure that “no one will be left behind” and to “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first.” Within this...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The adoption of the 2030 Agenda commits United Nations Member States to ensure that “no one will be left behind” and to “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first.” Within this...
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A FIT FOR THE FUTURE HUMANITARIAN AGENDA ACFID’s Humanitarian Reference Group (HRG) launched their policy report Fit for the Future: Priorities for Australia’s Humanitarian Action at the Australasian...
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On December 3rd, CBM, Humanity & Inclusion – Handicap International (HI), and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by releasing a...
HIGHLIGHTS As of 12 November, over 260,000 people are in need of assistance due to a series of earthquakes in Tulunan, North Cotabato in Mindanao. The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: Towards a...
by Yvonne Su There is growing recognition that migrant remittances play a critical role in post-disaster recovery and humanitarian relief. In urban crises, remittances can reach affected households...
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New publication launched: Local Humanitarian Action in Practice – Case Studies and Reflections of Local Humanitarian Actors December 6th, 2017, London – The Humanitarian Leadership Academy and the...
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Summary As part of the Transforming Surge Capacity project, seven international humanitarian NGOs have come together to test out collaborative app roaches to surge response in the Asia region. This...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report, based on extensive research and consultations by CARE International, argues that efforts to protect and assist people caught up in natural disasters and conflict will...
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East Asia and the Pacific region remains extremely prone to natural hazards, with significant human casualties and economic losses – more than 40 million people were affected by disasters in 2015...
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FOREWORD At the sixty-eighth session of the World Health Assembly in May 2015, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan committed the Organization to creating a single, all-hazards emergency programme; to...
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Humanitarian aid must overcome its blind spot on ageing, says HelpAge International HelpAge International is calling for a more targeted humanitarian response for older people in conflicts and...
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NEW REPORT: CITIES IN POLLUTING COUNTRIES MOST AT RISK FROM CLIMATE INDUCED COASTAL FLOODING Miami and Kolkata ranked as most vulnerable coastal cities exposed to flooding Cities in carbon polluters...
Highlights 32 of 81 provinces in the Philippines are suffering drought. Small-scale farmers hit by the drought in parts of Mindanao are exhausting coping strategies while local authorities work to...
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18 April 2016 – As Fiji and Governments of more than 100 other United Nations Member States are preparing this week for the historic signing of the Paris Agreement, back in Fiji, residents of the...
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FOREWORD BY THE EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR The humanitarian impact of the ongoing El Niño episode is deeply alarming, already affecting 60 million people. Projections indicate the situation in 2016...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As of July 2015, an estimated 114 million people in assessed countries were in need of humanitarian assistance, compared to 40 million just over ten years ago.1 Needs are not only...
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This week, on 17 December, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will mark its 10 year anniversary. Created in 2005, CERF marked an innovative breakthrough in humanitarian funding by Member...
SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESS RELEASE SG/SM/17333-ENV/DEV/1598 Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the second UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, in New York today: ...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Unconditional cash transfers1 are increasingly prevalent in humanitarian response plans. The use of cash is now widely accepted across all contexts and there has been significant...
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Late September in Nepal, warm and dry after the monsoon rains subside, is an excellent time to take to the skies. My colleague Patrick Meier, founder of the UAViators Humanitarian UAV Network...