start working their way out of vulnerability towards the dignity, safety and self-sufficiency to which every human being has a right. The 2010 Appeal comprises twelve consolidated appeals, for Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, the occupied Pale...
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United Nations, New York, 23 November 2009 - The top United Nations humanitarian official, who just returned from a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, today praised the swift discharge in recent weeks of many of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had been confined to makeshift camps for seve...
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United Nations, New York, 23 April 2009 - The Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Catherine Bragg, briefs the press on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka.
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United Nations, New York, 11 November 2009 - The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that the humanitarian response following the typhoons that hit the Philippines is being hampered by funding shortages. News story: www.un.org ... "United Nations" UN "Humanitarian aff...
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United Nations, 12 February 2009 - The video, entitled "On the Line," covers the work of the military component of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti in the year 2008. Highlights include peacekeepers' efforts to address violence in the Cite Soleil neighborhood, humanitarian work t...
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United Nations, New York, 28 October 2009 - John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, briefs the press on his recent trip to Yemen, the Philippines, Indonesia and Uganda ... "United Nations" UN "Humanitarian Affairs" "John Holmes" Yemen Philippines Indonesia Uganda
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United Nations, New York, 12 November 2009 - Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The top priority for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is ...
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Jan Egeland, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, says it's not enough to keep people alive if there's no security and durable political conditions to protect them. Plus, we respond to some crises and and not others. This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on March ...
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Media monitoring by CPA on humanitarian affairs in Sri Lanka . media organization where young people use the latest, as well as more traditional, communication methods to inform, educate and empower. Young Asia Television productions focus on issues relating to sustainable development, ...
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UK and international experts on humanitarian affairs meet at the Wilton Park conference centre to discuss issues within the international security context.
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Jan Egeland, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, declares that in spite of everything he's an optimist. Citing the tsunami and other crises, he says that the UN has succeeded more times than it failed. This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on March 6, 2008. For t...
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