• Global Humanitarian Overview is an annual report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It documents how...
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    respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the oPt. Since 2015, the annual production of the Global Humanitarian Overview reports. Since 2015, OCHA...
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    Programme (WFP). According to the Global Humanitarian Overview of OCHA, nearly 300 million people need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024...
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  • World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have died working for humanitarian causes....
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    international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment...
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    The plight of the affected people and countries prompted a worldwide humanitarian response, with donations totalling more than US$14 billion (equivalent...
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    June 2023. Global Humanitarian Overview 2021, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The State of the Humanitarian System, ALNAP...
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    was planned in Hong Kong. All NGOs and humanitarian agencies, including UN agencies, are bound by the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality...
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    1951) is a British diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations from 2021...
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    The Humanitarian Cluster System is a system, used by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, to coordinate multi-agency...
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    as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, and co-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel...
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    community of States has developed and adopted instruments of International Humanitarian Law, the international law rules relevant in times of armed conflict...
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  • Attacks on humanitarian workers "Trends in crises: a world on fire. Global Humanitarian Overview 2025". humanitarianaction.info. Humanitarian Action. 2024-12-04...
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    Mission's Chief, Hédi Annabi. Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers...
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    if they refused conversion to Islam. A UN representative said that "a humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Sinjar." In addition, during this latest offensive...
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    evacuating about 15 US nationals, Sudanese-Americans and those working in humanitarian operations, from the United Nations base in Bor on 22 December. Although...
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    The overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a...
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    urged "all armed groups to respect international humanitarian law and the activities of humanitarians". On 1 January Ashton once again expressed concern...
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    International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (category Humanitarian aid organizations)
    The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...
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    access to HIV medicines. Virchow Prize for Global Health, Member of the Prize Committee (2022–present) Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria...
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    emergency raised disturbing questions about the relationship between humanitarian agencies and host governments. However, according to Peter Gill, in his...
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    of Humanitarian Affairs in 2017, as part of a wider series of reforms called the "New Way of Working". A target to increase the percentage of global spending...
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    of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He was preceded in the post by Kenzo Oshima of Japan. During his time in office, he initiated the global humanitarian reforms...
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    the Soviet Union had also left the United States in a unique position of global dominance, creating a variety of new problems for the UN (See the United...
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    for Haiyan housing to rebuild war-torn Marawi. The Philippines faced a humanitarian crisis days after the typhoon hit much of the Visayas with 1.8 million...
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    Solferino (French: Un souvenir de Solférino) is a book of the Swiss humanitarian Henry Dunant published in 1862. It proved decisive in the founding of...
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  • humanitarian system that was more global, accountable, and robust. A key aspect of his agenda was "convening a World Humanitarian Summit to help share knowledge...
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    The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Gaza war. The crisis includes both an impending famine and a healthcare collapse...
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    Humanitarian aid workers belonging to United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement...
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    Bausch, Daniel G. (2017). "West Africa 2013 Ebola: From Virus Outbreak to Humanitarian Crisis". In Mühlberger, Elke; Hensley, Lisa L.; Towner, Jonathan S. (eds...
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