No appeal was issued but several United Nations agencies provided immediate relief assistance.

There was a broad consensus that immediate and wide ranging debt relief was necessary.

The presentation, preceded by a short film, focused on activities in the immediate relief phase.

The relief agencies in the affected areas of Somalia are also in need of immediate assistance themselves.

Even as we grapple with the immediate relief operations, we are preparing ourselves for rehabilitation and reconstruction.

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

Japan stands firm in extending the maximum possible assistance to rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, as well as to immediate relief.

To bolster the economy, the US needs to shift its aid policies away from funding projects toward providing immediate budgetary relief.

When disasters strike, we also need improved rapid response arrangements for immediate humanitarian relief, which are considered in section V below.

Immediate and wide ranging debt relief was necessary to ensure the ability of developing countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals.

(c) Strengthen coordination and cooperation of the national, regional and international relief efforts, to ensure effective and immediate distribution of the assistance

Indonesia strongly believes that national authorities play a central and immediate role in providing effective protection and relief to children in danger.

We believe that adoption of the draft will serve to mobilize more international assistance in terms of both immediate relief and long term recovery.

(a) The use of interim measures by the Inter American Commission has been successful in providing immediate relief to people whose rights are seriously threatened.

Through those appeals the United Nations and its partners requested 4.4 billion to cover the immediate relief and recovery needs of some 35 million people.

The mechanism must be able to disburse funds in a rapid and transparent manner with the primary aim of saving lives and providing immediate humanitarian relief.

My Government is committed to providing not only immediate relief but also medium and long term assistance to ensure that full reconstruction and recovery are realized.

The immediate relief provided by the State of Qatar reflects the spirit of solidarity and fraternity that binds us with the peoples of the stricken countries.

Foreign aid must also be used to help countries address the underlying causes of humanitarian and complex emergencies, while it provides immediate relief to people in need.

Immediate problems require immediate responses.

As the Secretary General has emphasized, support from the international community to help the disaster stricken countries in the Indian Ocean should not stop at immediate relief, however important that is.

Unrealistic expectations exacerbate these psychological impediments to progress. In an era of instant access, people often expect immediate relief from symptoms, which is difficult to achieve when it comes to chronic pain.

17. Requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

10. Requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

13. Requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

Over and above the immediate emergency relief efforts, we must ensure support for the medium and long term rehabilitation and reconstruction and risk reduction efforts of the Governments of the affected countries.

So European states have no choice but to reduce their expenditures, and targeting welfare benefits that represent, on average, half of European public spending is the easiest way to bring immediate fiscal relief.

Similarly, the inclusion of natural disasters in the scope of the draft protocol would overburden the Government of the affected State, whose priority in such situations was to provide immediate relief to victims.

Yet even the United Nations appeal for 560 million to cover immediate funding of relief and recovery in the south remains woefully underfunded, with only 10 per cent pledged or contributed so far.

Also requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to further strengthen the rapid response capacities for immediate humanitarian relief efforts of the international community, building on the existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

A number of speakers commended UNICEF for its responsiveness to the needs of women and children, especially following the tsunami disaster, including mobilization of resources and provision of immediate relief to the affected populations.

7. Also requests the Secretary General to continue to explore ways to further strengthen the rapid response capacities for immediate humanitarian relief efforts of the international community, building on the existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

Relief

The tutela (legal action to seek immediate relief for violation of a constitutional right) has in some cases made it possible to protect the rights of women and girls, and specifically to guarantee their fundamental rights.

With limited access to transport for evacuation in health emergencies, or immediate relief following cyclones and other natural disasters, not only is the health of women at stake but that of all the people in the Province.

There were also strong calls for keeping to the commitment to devote 0.7 per cent of gross national income to official development assistance, innovative sources of finance and ensuring immediate and wide ranging debt relief and cancellation.

Emergency relief

Debt relief

Islamic Relief

Disaster Relief

5.1 Immediate actions

Implementation is immediate.

The implication for Palestine is to restructure the economy, but within the context of a sector focused strategy that seeks to strike a balance between immediate and long term objectives through linking relief and reconstruction to development efforts.

11. Requests the Secretary General, in consultation with States and relevant organizations, to continue to explore ways to strengthen the rapid response capacities of the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief, building on existing arrangements and ongoing initiatives

But only about half of those who try antidepressant drugs respond to them, and those who do may have to wait several weeks or even months before experiencing relief a critical failing for people at immediate risk of suicide.