Indeed, strengthening Africans' capacity in conflict prevention in crisis situations and in crisis management must remain our main objective.

Intervention in crisis situations must also be timely to prevent undue loss of life.

Inequality in general and gender inequality in particular are more pronounced under conflict and crisis situations.

There are several crisis situations evolving in different parts of South Sudan right now, adds Rajendran.

In each of these three situations, there is at the moment a crisis that is deteriorating.

These would add to existing UNICEF functions during crisis situations, particularly in education and child protection.

(f) Closer collaboration with United Nations peacekeeping missions in situations of crisis and post conflict transition, and the use of lessons from such situations in the development context

A third thematic area to be covered is the advancement of human security in post crisis situations.

WFP provided technical input to regular SCN publications such as Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations and SCN News.

It is difficult for even the best security forces and judicial establishments to work well in situations of crisis.

A comprehensive approach to post crisis situations requires a seamless continuity in moving from one stage of peacekeeping to another.

In recent months, UNICEF had responded to crisis situations in Niger, and in the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina, among others.

It will also begin consolidating and strengthening its capacity to rapidly deploy human rights staff in crisis situations or other situations where there is a need for human rights expertise on short notice.

Last year, I began urging states and others to define a framework for action on helping migrants caught in crisis situations.

5. Create and maintain crisis communication networks and test them to ensure that they will remain secure and stable in emergency situations.

They underlined the value of joint needs assessments, common tools for crisis post crisis situations, integrated databases and expanding regional coordination to avoid duplication and resource waste.

They underlined the value of joint needs assessments, common tools for crisis post crisis situations, integrated databases and expanding regional coordination to avoid duplication and resource waste.

In the meantime, Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, has warned that the Bulgarian authorities lack experience of dealing with similar situations and have failed in crisis planning.

That will help contribute to our common objective of ending impunity and establishing the rule of law in post conflict or crisis situations.

In partnership with Inter Agency Standing Committee members, UNDP is supporting the field testing and implementation of guidelines on gender based violence in crisis situations.

That appears to be a common problem with particular professional groups, such as police gendarmes or soldiers, and not merely in situations of crisis.

In other words, it is particularly important that judges and prosecutors should act independently in situations of crisis, when it is much more difficult to do so.

A number of flash appeals were also issued, for example, to address the situations in Djibouti and Benin, as a result of the Togolese refugee crisis.

In crisis management, the Joint Declaration on United Nations European Union cooperation was signed in September 2003, committing the two organizations to working together in addressing crisis situations and establishing a steering committee to examine ways and means to enhance coordination and compatibility.

The programme can be adapted to crisis situations, and ILO has prepared a proposal on tsunami recovery for youth following a mission to Thailand in January 2005.

The psychological trauma of bereavement and the additional burdens placed on women are further dimensions of the gendered impact of crisis situations, so often overlooked in analysis.

1.119 To prevent breakdowns in service delivery, and quality in fields under crisis situations by responding to the emerging health challenges while ensuring the sustainability of long term intervention strategies.

UNIFEM has worked within the United Nations system to advocate for a consistently applied policy which addresses violence against women in post conflict needs assessments and in crisis response situations.

The NRC also was supposed to act as a forum for holding prompt consultations in crisis situations and to prevent such crises by early identification of emerging problems.

While still a very small team compared to the size of the geographic area and enormity of the crisis, the deployment of OHCHR monitors in a displacement crisis is a significant milestone and might serve as a model for comparable situations in the future.

The strategic plan (2004 2007) is to protect livelihoods in crisis situations and enhance resilience to shocks by creating assets, by disaster mitigation and by enabling more sustainable livelihoods.

Humanitarian response programmes in crisis and post conflict situations in 2004, as in Burundi, Liberia and parts of the Middle East and North Africa, included education as a force for normalization and healing.

In addition, UNIDO promoted new initiatives for youth entrepreneurship development through curriculum development in schools, for cultural industry development in collaboration with UNESCO, and for the special needs of countries in post crisis situations.

AGREES that sexual and reproductive health and rights and women's rights and empowerment deserve special attention in humanitarian programs, in crisis management and in political dialogues with third parties in conflict and post conflict situations

1.153 Families faced with sudden emergency or crisis situations will have been provided with one time selective cash assistance directed at meeting their basic humanitarian needs.

Solemnly declare our commitment to address the HIV AIDS crisis by taking action as follows, taking into account the diverse situations and circumstances in different regions and countries throughout the world

His country endorsed the four principal areas of focus of the Organization, reflected in the new programme approval committees poverty reduction, trade capacity building, human security in post crisis situations and energy and environment.

Cash aid has sometimes replaced food aid in humanitarian crisis situations, and there have been targeted social protection schemes in Zambia, as well as incipient welfare schemes for the elderly in India, South Africa, and Lesotho.

In 2004, OHCHR commenced a two year project on Rights sensitive transitional justice in post conflict and post crisis countries to gather best practices, explore principles and rules applicable in such situations, and provide technical support.

Groups of countries in special situations

Violence against children in work situations.

Groups of countries in special situations

Situations of human rights in Cuba

As we once again reaffirm the commitment to reinforce and strengthen the protection of civilians in armed conflict and in resulting situations of humanitarian crisis, let us ensure that our words and intentions become actions.

And the fourth is people underestimate risks in situations they do control and overestimate them in situations they don't control.