Education in Emergencies

UNICEF will make use of lessons learned in recent emergencies, while consistently supporting children affected by complex emergencies and natural disasters.

In emergencies, UNICEF support takes account of gender concerns.

Institutions are weakest in countries affected by complex emergencies.

3. Don t worry about panic. Panic is rare in emergencies.

Humanitarian response needs to become more predictable in all emergencies.

Manual for dealing with obstetric emergencies.

An integrated, web based roster of staff in both emergencies and regular settings will consolidate data on available staff resources, to provide better support during emergencies.

Enabling refugees to access education even in emergencies presents particular challenges.

UNICEF has developed and is testing, on a regional basis, a performance monitoring and reporting system for emergencies based on the core commitments to children in emergencies.

Dealing with obstetrical complications and neonatal emergencies.

The persistent underfunding of some emergencies, particularly in Africa, is especially concerning.

In addition, UNICEF will continue to apply its Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies.

Offshore orders processed for emergencies exceeded 60 million, and supported the UNICEF response to emergencies in Bangladesh, the Caribbean, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Sudan and several other countries.

Article 11 Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies

Similarly, I have called for a more predictable humanitarian response in complex emergencies.

With the passing of time, humanitarian emergencies tend to be forgotten, especially when new emergencies occur that divert the attention of the global community.

The launch in December 2004 of Minimum Standards and Indicators on Education in Emergencies by the Interagency Network on Education in Emergencies, in which UNHCR is an active participant, provide an important framework for action on this issue.

Spotlight Response to major emergencies Indian Ocean and Darfur

Many delegates emphasized the need for UNICEF to ensure effective responses to children in emergencies.

Elsewhere, conflict based man made emergencies continue with varying intensity.

To expand and strengthen the protection of civilians in complex emergencies, in conformity with international humanitarian law.

Indeed, US legislation strictly forbids the Fed from lending to non depository institutions, except in emergencies.

As requested by the Executive Board, greater focus is given in this report to major emergencies.

Target 4 Strategies to reach un immunized populations measles vaccination and vitamin A provision in emergencies

The proposal that the upgraded CERF address critical humanitarian needs in underfunded emergencies is therefore welcome.

e) Coordination and implementation of programmes of social solidarity and volunteerism in order to face emergencies,

Almost all states constitutions require balanced budgets (with exceptions for emergencies).

Its ability to face emergencies had diminished, however, since the 1990s.

The major emergencies of the new decade have underscored the need for UNICEF to be equipped and prepared to respond rapidly to both large and smaller scale humanitarian crises, in accordance with its 2004 Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies (CCCs).

UNICEF is thus committed to responding in emergencies, which in recent years have increased in both number and complexity.

Annex VI to the Madrid Protocol on liability arising from environmental emergencies was adopted in June 2005.

The use of food micro algae to combat acute malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies and for sustainable development

See Inter Agency Standing Committee reference paper on civil military relationships in complex emergencies, June 2004, para.

And Ushahidi, which means witness in Swahili, which geocodes and crowdsources information in complex emergencies to help target responses.

The direct causes of deaths during complex emergencies are essentially the same as in normal situations in developing countries.

Complex emergencies and natural disasters continued to attract the support of donors.

In 2004 and 2005, UNICEF took a lead role in emergencies in Ethiopia, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Sudan, the tsunami affected countries in South East Asia and in some 25 other countries, with the type of interventions guided by the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in emergencies.

In addition, more resources were needed for less visible emergencies, as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia.

Targets and performance indicators relating to the Core Corporate Commitments for Children in Emergencies (CCCs) were also being developed.

The risk arising in circumstances that lead to humanitarian emergencies is self evident and clearly demonstrated by recent experience.

In 2005, the IASC designated UNICEF to lead the inter agency cluster working group on water supply and sanitation in emergencies.

The approach uses experience gained in emergencies, and is proving valuable in fuelling the quantum leap in enrolment still needed in some countries.

Since its creation, the Agency established measures to deal with public health emergencies including

All of these disturbances reveal the scope of insecurities and complex emergencies facing humankind.