One involves crisis response.

The euro is the composite currency of an area with a poor growth record and an inadequate response to the economic crisis.

Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Response Adviser, tweeted the story of one such elderly who, thankfully, made it out alive

Anticipating a problem is always more effective in terms of time and cost than responding to a crisis, no matter how viable the response.

The EU's unique, joint civilian military approach must be further developed to make us yet more flexible.

I hope that the global outpouring of solidarity and generosity will become a model for the response to other ongoing or future humanitarian crises.

10. Welcomes the adoption of new coordination mechanisms aimed at ensuring a coherent and effective response to the multifaceted humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Poverty, hunger and diseases still decimate countless communities, while our capacity to respond to humanitarian crises needs to be reassessed and revitalized.

This program enables Stop Hunger Now to respond to crises immediately by working with organizations already on the ground.

The way humanitarian crises are funded affects the ability of the United Nations to respond promptly, effectively and in a principled manner.

6. Invites the Member States, the Secretary General and the United Nations system to strengthen the capacities of regional and subregional organizations in the context of the response to complex humanitarian crises

It has not, even as the European Union continues to respond inadequately to its own slow moving solvency crises.

The Australian Government considers more effective coordination, in particular a stronger Humanitarian Coordinator system, essential to improving response. We are eager to hear more from OCHA on the progress of this work.

Anticipating a problem is always more effective in terms of time and cost than responding to a crisis, no matter how viable the response. Unfortunately, we usually fight existing diseases but neglect looking forward.

An early warning system in the Philippines, for instance, mobilizes government agencies to react quickly to crises, while a special fund pays for emergency evacuations.

Equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council are universally supported by Member States, which advocate enhancing the organ's representativeness and improving its working methods for responding to crises that threaten world peace and security.

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.

In that respect, it is encouraging that the General Assembly decided last week to upgrade the current Central Emergency Revolving Fund to the Central Emergency Response Fund, so as to ensure swifter and more predictable responses to humanitarian emergencies.

There are no oases of prosperity in a crisis prone globalized world.

By the usual standards of financial crises, three years is a long time.

The United States supports a stronger and more effective response in humanitarian crises.

There already exist three Government run women crisis centers in the country.

Clearly, the world s ever expanding network of currency swap arrangements is far from a reliable mechanism for responding to crisis. This is particularly problematic for the emerging economies, which are especially vulnerable now.

Many emerging markets are now at risk of a severe financial crisis.

The Greed is good mentality is a regular feature of financial crises.

Rapid response

Some crisis prone countries such as Latvia are already unable to sell any more debt.

In cooperation with women's organizations, the State Ministry organized fund raising activities for women who had been victims of violence in conflict areas of Aceh and Maluku.

Japan has also taken steps to address the forgotten crises in Africa and will continue to focus on those issues.

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Disaster response

Responding to earthquakes

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The response has been overwhelming.

Implementation of response measures

The Pulitzer Center of Crisis Reporting has created a beautiful multimedia website called the Heroes of HIV in the Caribbean.

The Muslim Brotherhood s leadership, for its part, usually takes a risk averse, gradualist approach to crisis management.

The other school, by contrast, worried that the existing monetary system was rigid, brittle, and prone to crisis.

For example, the Skalbes Crisis Centre and the Talsi Women's and Children Centre were partially funded by municipal governments.

Principle 5 Response measures

But the response has been worldwide.

But many systemically important banks became bigger rather than smaller as a result of the crisis.

Governments, for their part, are vulnerable to bank crises because they are individually responsible for rescuing national financial institutions.

The growing importance of the regional dimension of humanitarian crises has also affected the Security Council in its conduct of work.

We hope that this favourable climate of solidarity will continue and will serve as an example of how to respond to other crises and grave problems.