The Government has increasingly assumed responsibility for disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.

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Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

NGOs do the lion s share of the world s humanitarian work, and some mistakes are inevitable.

As a result, the delivery of humanitarian relief activities has been seriously affected.

Technology has clearly had an impact on global giving for humanitarian relief efforts.

The reconstruction and rehabilitation phase should link seamlessly with the humanitarian relief efforts

We welcome private sector contributions to development and humanitarian relief

We have often discussed the gap between emergency relief and development.

Underlining the urgent need for humanitarian assistance, relief and reconstruction,

Finally, donor Governments must sustain their support for the humanitarian relief efforts.

Assistance for humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development for Timor Leste

Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia

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Underlining the urgent need for humanitarian assistance, relief and reconstruction,

58 121. Assistance for humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development for Timor Leste

60 219. Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia

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Briefing by the Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

55 168. Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia

55 172. Assistance for humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development for East Timor

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56 106. Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia

14. Calls upon the international community to increase its support for humanitarian relief activities within the Democratic Republic of the Congo

57 154. Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia

Immediately after the announcement, Sudan s government and its allies began a diplomatic campaign aimed at securing a Security Council deferral of the investigations for 12 months. They are attracting wider support than they should in part because of fear of retaliation against UN peacekeepers and humanitarian workers.

14. Calls upon the international community to increase its support for humanitarian relief activities within the Democratic Republic of the Congo

For its part, Azerbaijan has allocated 1 million to United Nations emergency humanitarian assistance for immediate relief needs.

The entry of United Nations humanitarian personnel, has been delayed due to the government s refusal to allow aid workers into the country without first applying for visas.

To be frank, the president is not an earthquake expert, his coordination will only mess up the relief work.

11. Calls upon the international community to continue to provide support to the humanitarian relief activities within the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Government contributed 50,000 to the relief efforts through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

But as we deepen our experience of humanitarian relief and development, we must learn the lessons of the past and understand how much more there is to know.

Introductory statements were made by the Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and by the representative of the World Tourism Organization.

The inability to organize rapid relief is killing tens of thousands more.

As the recent attacks on humanitarian aid workers in Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda illustrate, the provision of humanitarian relief often puts the safety of humanitarian aid workers at risk.

United Nations and other international humanitarian relief efforts must be supported.

Those should form part of a comprehensive package of response to the relief and development dimensions of humanitarian disasters.

The humanitarian relief and essential services provided by UNRWA to the Palestinians remained vitally important.

Following an appeal to the international community in 1995, the country has benefited from much needed large scale humanitarian relief.

The HPG therefore recommended long term monitoring of future humanitarian responses, and said that success or failure should be judged in a broad context rather than by a narrow focus on a specific project.

Aside from incidents involving humanitarian convoys, there were 160 incidents of threatening verbal abuse, 407 incidents of violence such as physical assaults and gunfire and 88 terrorist related threats against United Nations personnel and field installations.

Relief activities were greatly hindered by a steady increase in banditry along Darfur's main roads, which has limited access of humanitarian staff and goods to some affected populations.