1. Recognizes the need for the further strengthening of national, regional and international efforts to address humanitarian emergencies

Education in Emergencies

In emergencies, UNICEF will ensure that national sector coordination mechanisms are activated quickly and used as the basis for the emergency response.

Following on from the experience of the tsunami, UNICEF has conducted a review of fund raising for emergencies with the National Committees.

Thus, the global commitment to eradicating poverty should be on a sustained basis and not just in response to financial emergencies or national calamities.

Manual for dealing with obstetric emergencies.

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

Dealing with obstetrical complications and neonatal emergencies.

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

United States. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 USC sects. 1701 1707) authorizes the President to designate parties and freeze their assets during periods of declared national emergencies.

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In emergencies, UNICEF support takes account of gender concerns.

Institutions are weakest in countries affected by complex 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.

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.

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

Humanitarian response needs to become more predictable in all emergencies.

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

International relief assistance should supplement national efforts to improve the capacities of developing countries to mitigate the effects of natural disasters expeditiously and effectively and to cope efficiently with all emergencies.

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

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

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

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.

Strongly deploring the rising toll of casualties among national and international humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post conflict situations,

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

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

Strongly deploring the rising toll of casualties among national and international humanitarian personnel and United Nations and its associated personnel in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post conflict situations,

The UNEP regional offices promote intergovernmental policy dialogue and regional cooperation, increase national capacity for environmental management and response to emergencies, raise awareness and enhance information exchange, and translate global policies into regional action.

Crisis, disasters and emergencies are critical issues of global, as well as national concern, with multiple dimensions and sudden and chaotic features that demand both linear and non linear approaches for prevention and management.

This will be done through the regular supply of outreach and mobile teams, performance incentives, defaulter tracking or periodic campaigns such as national health days with an integrated package, especially in fragile States and emergencies.

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

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.

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

A large national debt also limits the government s ability to respond to emergencies, including both military threats and economic downturns. And it makes the US vulnerable to changes in financial market sentiment, as the European experience has shown.

A large national debt also limits the government s ability to respond to emergencies, including both military threats and economic downturns. And it makes the US vulnerable to changes in financial market sentiment, as the European experience has shown.

Until recently, the record on evaluating responses to humanitarian emergencies has been patchy at best.

The world must get used to a twilight security environment of sudden and peripheral emergencies.

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

Affirming that the concept of sustainable development should imply that of the reduction of emergencies,

Both political will and the resources to deal with these emergencies are not yet present.

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.

4. Encourages Member States to identify their respective national focal points for the White Helmets in order to continue to provide the United Nations system with an accessible global network of rapid response facilities in case of humanitarian emergencies

Recalling that prevention, preparedness and contingency planning for emergencies at the global level depend, for the most part, on the strengthened local and national response capacities as well as on the availability of financial resources, both domestic and international,