Humanitarian access

58 24. Emergency humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia

57 149. Emergency humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia

Humanitarian assistance operations respond to human need in life threatening situations.

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

Regarding humanitarian access, the picture is mixed.

At the same time, it urged the international community to exert pressure on the Israeli Government to remove its restrictions on the movement of UNRWA staff so that the Agency would be able to furnish emergency humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people and carry out its regular programmes.

The frequency of natural disasters has increased demands for the humanitarian assistance provided by the international community and severely challenged the capacity of the United Nations humanitarian assistance system.

Access to the areas concerned is crucial for the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Concerned about the need to mobilize adequate levels of financing for emergency humanitarian assistance,

Even so, the Chinese Government has, to the extent of its capacity, provided emergency humanitarian assistance to other disaster stricken countries.

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

All parties must understand the importance of neutral and impartial humanitarian assistance.

For our part, Japan has provided humanitarian assistance in the form of blankets and food aid.

This has had a pronounced effect on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the area.

(d) Disaster risk reduction diminishes the need for humanitarian emergency interventions in the aftermath of disasters

Humanitarian aid The Red Cross sent humanitarian aid in the form of blankets and mattresses to affected areas.

Until that has been accomplished, the efforts of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance will be in vain.

The 2005 appeal focused attention on preventing a further deterioration of the socio economic situation, ensuring civilian protection and targeting of emergency assistance to locations with acute humanitarian needs arising from the conflict, notably in the Gaza Strip, Nablus and Hebron.

UNRWA also continues to provide emergency support to Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory, where poverty rates are as high as 70 per cent.

These projects address urgent humanitarian needs and have been widely appreciated both by the authorities and the local populations in the zone of conflict.

That has been achieved by extending the scope of application to all peacebuilding operations and operations for the delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance.

Thirdly, we are pleased that the Protocol applies equally to operations delivering emergency humanitarian assistance in natural disaster situations.

That situation impeded the implementation of sectoral programmes and the rendering of emergency humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable groups of the population.

International humanitarian assistance groups are deeply engaged in the DRC, and it is a substantial recipient of international assistance.

The easing of bureaucratic restrictions since the implementation of the joint communiqué has resulted in a significant increase in the humanitarian presence and delivery of assistance in Darfur.

In part, the UN team wanted to keep humanitarian assistance lines open.

They depend most on humanitarian aid from domestic and international organizations.

Appreciating the humanitarian assistance extended by the Member States of the OIC individually to the victims of the disaster

7. Invites the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to continue considering ways to enhance the mobilization of emergency relief assistance to cover the remaining humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

Other means of denying humanitarian assistance have developed in Somalia, where aid ships are subject to piracy and aid convoys have been attacked.

The concepts of peacebuilding and emergency humanitarian assistance had been introduced as an attempt to reflect properly the element of risk in United Nations operations.

(g) In particular the Sudan People's Liberation Army Movement, not to misappropriate humanitarian assistance

United Nations system agencies have made valiant efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the population.

The Government has increasingly assumed responsibility for disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.

Urges Member States to set up people's committees to collect donations to support the Intifada and provide urgent assistance to the Palestinian people in this emergency situation.

Concerned about the need to mobilize adequate financial resources for emergency humanitarian assistance at all levels,

Since October 2000, UNRWA has raised some 520 million to support its programme of emergency humanitarian assistance.

Moreover, in cases of natural disaster, emergency humanitarian assistance operations should be carried out only with the consent of the host States.

We combine humanitarian aid and support for institution building and good governance with crisis management capacities, technical and financial assistance, and political dialogue and mediation.

Its humanitarian assistance, to put it politely, is less than generous.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator plays a key role in coordinating international assistance.

Mr. Maurer (Switzerland) (spoke in French) We welcome the holding of this annual debate on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian assistance.

In some parts of the territory, Palestinians' needs for additional humanitarian assistance rose sharply as a consequence.

Revealingly, the Fund, not the European Union, has taken the lead in negotiating emergency assistance packages for Hungary and Latvia.