Sentences with phrase «humanitarian emergencies»

The Syrian refugee crisis is the most deadly humanitarian emergency of our generation.

In some ways, having such a small group of agencies leading a response will avoid the coordination chaos that is so often a feature of more crowded humanitarian emergencies.

It has had little coverage by journalists; perhaps more under - reported than any other humanitarian emergency of a similar scale.

Calling the famine «the most severe humanitarian emergency in the world today and the worst that East Africa has seen in several decades,» she said the suffering of millions of people — particularly in Somalia — is as much man - made as brought about by nature.

This finding is important in light of the potential impact of humanitarian emergencies on social and family structures including family separation, loss of family members, disruption of social networks and traditional community resources [6] leading to significant disruption to sources of support.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement, «The Syrian crisis has become the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era, yet the world is failing to meet the needs of refugees and the countries hosting them.»

Right now, Oxfam Canada is responding to a number of humanitarian emergencies around the globe.

Overcoming odds In fact, some of the countries that have shown the largest increases in breastfeeding rates are those that have experienced humanitarian emergencies.

As such, humanitarian agencies will need to change to keep up with new communications realities, but some domains will remain distinctly familiar: complex humanitarian emergencies; politically challenging environments; forgotten, difficult and smaller crises; and most vulnerable groups in major disasters.

The U.S. Department of State Humanitarian Information Unit collects and analyzes data to inform policymaking in humanitarian emergency response.

«Recognition and response to the reproductive health needs of women during humanitarian emergencies has advanced.

Libraries Without Borders (LWB) created Ideas Box three years ago to give students, teachers and members of the community caught up in humanitarian emergencies access to mobile education and information.

Photographer Chris de Bode has been using his creativity and skill for a very worthy cause indeed, aiming to highlight the «silent» humanitarian emergency in Lake Chad by presenting it to thousands of London commuters.

«The Syria crisis has become the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era, yet the world is failing to meet the needs of refugees and the countries hosting them.»

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said: «There's a humanitarian emergency here in Puerto Rico.

The pragmatic mandate is simply that humanitarian emergencies are inherently destabilizing and escalatory.

There is indeed both an ethical and a pragmatic mandate for an international response to humanitarian emergencies.

Interpretations of where it is «morally imperative» to intervene remain selective, and intervention is never purely based on high moral or humanitarian grounds; there are a number of humanitarian emergencies and nasty dictatorships throughout the world in which the international community has not stepped in.

Early in 2001 an international commission of experts submitted a policy paper to the UN titled «The Responsibility to Protect,» which made the case for international intervention in cases of human rights violations and humanitarian emergencies.

While Lepard fails to address all the criticisms of humanitarian intervention, he makes a convincing case that the religio - ethical and legal frameworks are in place for the world community to respond to humanitarian emergencies should it so choose.

Taking advantage of this favourable moment in the field is paramount for making inclusion in humanitarian emergencies a reality.

Would this then become a humanitarian emergency of sorts?

In Turkey, on the other hand, many are already questioning the wisdom of their government's heavy involvement in Syria which, so far, has created a humanitarian emergency on its border, heightening tensions with the Kurds and contributing to a dangerous regional instability.

Lundberg said, «This year, the UN and partners are aiming to reach 6.9 million people with life - saving aid in the North - East of Nigeria in the states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, which are those most affected by the humanitarian emergency triggered by the violence that has affected the region in recent years.

«But in a decision to upgrade and elevate the governance structure, the President has approved a modification of the structure by putting cabinet ministers in charge of governmental response to the humanitarian emergency caused by the insurgency in the North - East,» the statement read in part.

Almost 10 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing a humanitarian emergency as the region grapples with its worst drought for 60 years, the UN warned this week.

La Niña behind worst African drought in 60 years Almost 10 million people in the Horn of Africa faced a humanitarian emergency as the region grappled with its worst drought for 60 years.

«Much more ethical work needs to be done to create a sound infrastructure for compassionate use in humanitarian emergencies, «Caplan writes.

Without urgent action, we could face threats to water, food, biodiversity and other critical resources: these threats risk intensifying economic, ecological and social crises, creating the potential for a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.