ECPAT [to 21 June 2014]

ECPAT International calls for access to education for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation in Africa
16 JUNE 2014, BANGKOK, THAILAND: ECPAT International calls for strengthened collaboration and coordination of stakeholders in boosting access to education for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation in Africa, as the continent observes the Day of the African Child, today.
The Day of African Child presents an opportunity for all stakeholders on the rights of children to reflect on issues affecting children in the region. ECPAT International welcomes the theme of the Day of African Child 2014, “A child friendly, quality, free and compulsory education for all children in Africa” that was deliberated and adopted by The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC)…

ECPAT International @ECPAT • Jun 19
Today we honour the courage, strength & determination of those who are forced to flee their homes. #WorldRefugeeDay

ECPAT International @ECPAT • Jun 17
EU & ECPAT to combat sexual violence against minors during #WorldCup2014 @FifaWorldCup http://buff.ly/1jvHzdT or this http://buff.ly/1jvHBT0

ECPAT International @ECPAT • Jun 17
ECPAT spoke last week in #CostaRica at the International Meeting on ICT and Violence against Children.

Handicap International [to 21 June 2014]

Disabled refugees must not be forgotten
20th June 2014, World Refugee Day
Today, on World Refugee Day, Handicap International is voicing serious concerns about the situation facing disabled and vulnerable refugees worldwide.
According to the UN, the number of people forced to flee their homes because of war or persecution exceeded 50 million in 2013, the first time since World War Two. The overall figure is 6 million higher than the year before, an increase fuelled by conflicts in Central Africa, South Sudan and Syria.
Over 2.8 million people have now fled the fighting in Syria and sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Lebanon has already taken in almost one third of the total number of Syrian refugees, over one million people in the last three years. Despite the best efforts of humanitarian organisations, including Handicap International, the refugees’ living conditions remain appalling. Handicap International denounces the risks the most vulnerable populations are exposed to and the threat to a country which is struggling to cope with the enormous impact of increasing numbers of refugees…

World Refugee Day: Focus on Lebanon
On June 19, World Refugee Day, Handicap International calls to attention the serious threats facing Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the lack of funding available to respond to the crisis. Lebanon, a country with 5 million inhabitants, has absorbed one million Syrians in the last three years and is straining to cope with the massive influx of refugees. Despite the best efforts of humanitarian organizations, including Handicap International, the refugees’ living conditions remain appalling…

Handicap Int’l-US @HI_UnitedStates • Jun 19
Syrian mom Kholoud was shot through the neck and became a quadriplegic. We’re helping her regain the use of her hands http://bit.ly/1nkTlca

Handicap Int’l-US @HI_UnitedStates • Jun 18
We’re helping injured and disabled Iraqis fleeing northern #Iraq following the attacks of #ISIS http://bit.ly/1lzkM6z #Kurdistan

Heifer International [to 21 June 2014]

Retweeted by Heifer International
Pierre Ferrari @HeiferCEO • Jun 19
Lighting candle with @Heifer women’s self-help group members in #nepal http://oak.ctx.ly/r/18u6u

Retweeted by Heifer International
Pierre Ferrari @HeiferCEO • Jun 16
Smart Agriculture in #Cameroon Minimizes Greenhouse Gases #climatechange http://oak.ctx.ly/r/187ai @MotherEarthNews

HelpAge International [to 21 June 2014]

HelpAge @helpage • Jun 19
Blog post from the #OWG at the UN. ‘We’re pushing to get older people included in #sustainabledevelopmentgoals’ http://www.helpage.org/blogs/rachel-albone-667/at-the-un-pushing-to-get-older-people-included-in-sustainable-development-goals-720/#.U6L-bDjG_M0.twitter …

HelpAge @helpage • Jun 19
Lively debate in Copenhagen about a convention for older people! | Blogs | HelpAge International http://www.helpage.org/blogs/?bid=718&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.U6LPvV09Qyk.twitter …

International Rescue Committee [to 21 June 2014]

20 Jun 2014
As world marks World Refugee Day IRC fears new health emergency in Iraq
The specter of a health crisis is spreading among Iraqi families and communities already traumatized by conflict and displacement. As soaring summer temperatures set in, the IRC is concerned that communicable and potentially deadly illnesses children are particularly susceptible to, such as diarrhea, will take hold in the squalid environments in which displaced Iraqis are living. To make matters worse, the threat of polio and measles looms over newly displaced communities that do not yet have access to basic sanitation services…

20 Jun 2014
IRC side event at the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment

20 Jun 2014
Syria Refugee Crisis pushing Lebanon to take concerning steps, aid agencies warn

20 Jun 2014
On World Refugee Day, IRC concerned by USG request to divert funding from refugee resettlement to accommodate unaccompanied minors on the border
Today the International Rescue Committee expressed its deep concern at plans announced by the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the US Department of Health and Human Services to divert $94 million in funding for refugee resettlement to the crisis unfolding on the Mexican border, where almost 10,000 unaccompanied children have turned up in the past few months, and 100 more are arriving daily.

19 Jun 2014
Extreme fuel shortage “will exacerbate an already stretched humanitarian response,” warns the IRC [Iraq]

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC • Jun 18
RIGHT NOW: IRC’s Melanie Teff speaking at #UNHCRNGOs session on internal displacement w/ examples from #SouthSudan: http://bit.ly/1nbtFyA

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC • Jun 17
“Many families reported leaving to protect their daughters.” An update from the IRC’s women’s coordinator in #Iraq: http://bit.ly/T5n6pv

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC • Jun 16
IRC field teams are already seeing overcrowding in #Iraq. Our statement: http://bit.ly/T142ZC

MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 21 June 2014]

MSF – The Field [newsletter]

Press release
South Sudan: People Dying of Preventable Diseases at UN Base
June 19, 2014
Preventable diseases and severe malnutrition are causing alarming numbers of deaths among tens of thousands of people taking refuge at a United Nations base in South Sudan.

Press release
MSF Hospital Bombed in Sudan
June 17, 2014
Amidst the bombing of a South Kordofan village, an MSF facility was attacked.

Press release
CAR: Civilians Killed, Displaced By Systematic Violence
June 16, 2014
Scores of civilians have been killed, displaced, and cut off from medical care by organized violence in the Ouaka region of the Central African Republic.

MSF International @MSF • Jun 20
For #WorldRefugeeDay read stories of 3 refugees from #Syria working w/ #MSF to help other refugees in #Iraq http://bit.ly/1jCw4kK

Doctors w/o Borders @MSF_USA • Jun 20
MSF on @HuffingtonPost: #Ebola In West Africa Is “Totally Out Of Control” http://bit.ly/1npH7QO

Retweeted by MSF International
MSF South Africa @MSF_southafrica • Jun 20
#SouthSudanCrisis: MSF has treated over 330,000 patients from December 2013 to June 2014 http://bit.ly/1iqtIKS

MSF International @MSF • Jun 19
RT @MSF_SouthSudan: We have 3,500+ staff running 22+ projects in #SouthSudan. More: http://bit.ly/1quW2hy pic.twitter.com/xkDwjTRXXi

Retweeted by MSF International
MSF Press Office @MSF_SApress • Jun 19
New behind-the-scenes #eBook gives insight to #MSF’s constraints & dilemmas during the #Kosovo crisis 1998-99: http://speakingout.msf.org/en/violence-against-kosovar-albanians-nato-intervention …

MSF International @MSF • Jun 18
#Iraq: Following severe damage of its clinic in Tikrit, #MSF calls for respect of staff and medical facilities. PR: http://bit.ly/1r5JMSg

Doctors w/o Borders @MSF_USA • Jun 18
MSF to scale up assistance to affected civilians in #Iraq despite damage to clinic in #Tikrit http://bit.ly/1oHAleJ

MSF International @MSF • Jun 17
Systematic violence affecting civilians and exposing them to more displacement and disease #CARcrisis #MSF PR:

Operation Smile [to 21 June 2014]

Upcoming Mission Schedule
July 2 – 6 | Piura, Peru
July 4 – 5 | Cali, Colombia
July 5 – 11 | Svay Reign, Cambodia
July 7 -11 | Hanoi, Vietnam
July 16 – 21 | Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
July 16 – 20 | Barranquilla, Colombia
July 21 – 24 | Hanoi, Vietnam
July 23 – 26 | Santo Domingo, Ecuador
July 28 – Aug 1 | Novosibirsk, Russia

Partners In Health [to 21 June 2014]

Jun 19, 2014
‘Race to the Top’: Competition Aims for Quality Care in Rwanda
“‘Race to the Top’ encourages health center teams to work hard, concentrate their efforts toward reaching specific targets related to district priorities, and develop innovative approaches to overcoming challenges,” says Dr. Evrard Nahimana, Kirehe District’s clinical director. Read

Jun 18, 2014
A Day in the Life of Haitian Nurse Midwife Benitha Germain
Benitha Germain is a nurse midwife with Zanmi Lasante, PIH’s Haitian sister organization. In this video, we see the challenges she faces, the care she delivers, and the hope she inspires.
Watch Video +

Jun 16, 2014
Dr. Paul Farmer on Patient-Centered Accompaniment in Russia
Dr. Paul Farmer reflects on PIH’s “Sputnik” Initiative, which delivers care for vulnerable tuberculosis patients in Tomsk, Russia. Read More ▸

Partners In Health @PIH • 1h
Poor nutrition causes and exacerbates ill health. How University Hospital is using food as medicine: http://bit.ly/1jzwZm3

PATH [to 21 June 2014]

PATH receives grant to expand drug research for deadly diarrhea
June 16, 2014—PATH announced today a three-year, US$15.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build a portfolio of projects with the goal of developing safe and effective treatments for severe acute secretory diarrhea (ASD). ASD, a type of diarrhea characterized by rapid onset and severe loss of water and electrolytes, causes most of the child deaths due to diarrheal disease around the world.
PATH will explore potential antisecretory drug targets in the gastrointestinal tract that are thought to play a critical role in fluid secretion, and identify existing compounds or new leads to be tested as antisecretory treatments. Such drugs will complement the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT), the current standard of care.
“This new grant will enable PATH to expand innovation in drug development to save the lives of more children in low-income countries,” said Steve Davis, PATH’s president and chief executive officer. “The partnerships we create through this project will be crucial for eventually scaling up use of any new treatments we may develop for diarrheal disease.”…

PATH @PATHtweets • Jun 20
A piece by @PATHdrugdev’s Eugenio de Hostos on the realities of diarrheal disease. http://bit.ly/1qhJNTt

PATH @PATHtweets • Jun 20
Last week’s African Rota Symposium helped #rotavirus scientists in Africa become advocates. Read PATH’s RotaFlash: http://bit.ly/1ysmCu8

PATH @PATHtweets • Jun 16
An overview of PATH in 5 short videos http://www.path.org/blog/2014/06/path-in-5-short-videos/ …

SOS-Kinderdorf International [to 21 June 2014]

2013 Annual Report published
20.06.2014 – A new focus on measuring the impact SOS Children´s Villages has on the children, families and communities where the organisation is active can be found in the 2013 Annual Report, just published today.

SOS Malawi hosts global conference on alternative care
18.06.2014 – SOS Children’s Villages Malawi launched its national Care for ME! campaign with a conference attended by global experts and the release of a new report on care realities in sub-Saharan African countries.
Drumming Together for Change is a new report calling for concerted action to improve care standards for children in Africa and highlighting how eight African countries have failed to implement UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children; lack of leadership, resources and information cited.
The eight countries covered by this report are: Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The individual country assessments are available at: http://www.care-for-me.org

Children’s Villages @sos4children • Jun 19
SOS families forced to evacuate home amid Ukraine violence http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/news/ukraine-violence-forces-sos-families-from-home … #Ukraine

Children’s Villages @sos4children • Jun 17
We’re celebrating #AfricanChildDay, and our 40 years of supporting children across #Africa http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/our-work/40-years-in-africa … http://ow.ly/i/5VZcO

St. Christopher’s Hospice [to 21 June 2014]

Innovative new centre improves last year of life for all Bromley people
Published on Monday, 16 June 2014
…the Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group asked us to develop a new model that would improve equality of access to end of life care by supporting all people in their last year of life, not just those who would usually be referred for specialist palliative care.
The result is the Bromley Care Partnership Coordination Centre at Caritas House. This new service, designed from the ground up by the St Christopher’s Group, provides a single point of contact for both NHS and social care services and gives patients and families access to 24 hour support via a single phone number….

Tostan [to 21 June 2014]

June 16, 2014
Highlighting Tostan’s child education-centered programs on the 38th Day of the African Child
Today, June 16, marks the Day of the African Child, initiated by the African Union to commemorate the 1976 protests by school children in Soweto for a fair education system. This year’s theme is: “A child-friendly, quality, free and compulsory education for all children in Africa.” It is an opportune moment to highlight the progress and remaining existing challenges to realizing full rights of children living in the countries where Tostan works. Tostan prioritizes education through the Reinforcement of Parental Practices (RPP) module, which helps parents in rural Senegal better communicate with their young children to prepare them to perform better and stay in school. The Peace and Security Project and the Prison Project also contribute to giving African youth access to education in a violence-free environment…

Tostan @Tostan • Jun 20
Read how 80 juvenile detainees from Fort B Prison in #Senegal celebrated #AfricanChildDay w/ the Prison Project team http://bit.ly/Tde8Xl

Tostan @Tostan • Jun 17
Our founder @MollyJMelching is featured in @FTMag about mothers creating social innovation through health & education http://on.ft.com/1vrrQ77

Women for Women International [to 21 June 2014]

Women for Women Intl @WomenforWomen • Jun 19
You may know our name, but do you know what #WfWI does? Take a look at our programs that help empower women. http://www.womenforwomen.org/global-initiatives-helping-women/help-women-sudan.php …

Women for Women Intl @WomenforWomen • Jun 18
Did You Know: In the month on May, we had a total of 1,476 #women enrolled in our one-year program. Learn more! #WfWI http://ow.ly/ybyZG

Women for Women Intl @WomenforWomen • Jun 17
WfWI distributed materials on cholera & assigned women in our program 2 communicate the basics of prevention 2 others http://ow.ly/y9gtk

Women for Women Intl @WomenforWomen • Jun 17
#WfWI’s Amber Khan discusses violence against women around the world with @msnbc #VAW http://ow.ly/y8Ije

United Nations – Selected Meetings Coverage and Press Releases [to 21 June 2014]
http://www.un.org/en/unpress/

Meetings
States Recommit to Stemming Illicit Flow of Small Arms by Tackling New Tracing Challenges, as Biennial Meeting Adjourns (20 June 2014)
Concluding its week-long session today, the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on small arms and light weapons adopted by consensus an outcome document that highlighted the international community’s renewed commitment to preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade.
DC/3509

Restraint Urged over Illicit Weapons Trade in Biennial Review Meeting amid Calls to Ensure Respect for Legitimate Business, Personal Rights (19 June 2014)
Representatives of international, regional and non-governmental groups discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the United Nations small arms action plan, with many urging States to fully implement the 2001 instrument and others cautioning against infringing legitimate business and personal rights, as the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States continued its session today.
DC/3508

Fast, Coordinated Multi-platform Efforts Critical to Overcoming Recurrent Crises, ‘Fragile’ Humanitarian Situation in Sahel, Special Envoy Tells Security Council (19 June 2014)
The recent deterioration of the political and security situation in the Sahel region was a cause for alarm, the senior official there told the Security Council today, emphasizing that implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy would require sustained political will on the part of neighbouring Governme
SC/11445

We Have Failed Darfur’s Victims, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Tells Security Council, Noting Continuing ‘Total Impunity’ (17 June 2014)
SC/11441

General Assembly Adopts Resolutions on Peacekeeping Operations, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (16 June 2014)
GA/11524

Press Releases
We Must Act, Insists Secretary-General in Asia Society Address, Expressing Anger at ‘Cold Calculation’ that Little Can Be Done to Stop Syria Crisis (20 June 2014)
SG/SM/15965

Humanitarian Response Alone Not Enough, There Must Be Political Solutions, Secretary-General Says in Message for World Refugee Day (20 June 2014)
SG/SM/15964-OBV/1348-REF/1202

End Harmful Practices, Abhorrent Rituals against Women, Secretary-General Says, in Message for International Widows’ Day (19 June 2014)
SG/SM/15961-OBV/1347-WOM/1994

Intergenerational Justice Crucial to Post-2015 Development Agenda, Secretary-General Tells Law Conference (18 June 2014)
SG/SM/15959-L/3231

Youth job Policies Fundamental to Reaping Rewards of Investing in Education, Secretary-General Tells International Labour Organization Event (18 June 2014)
SG/SM/15955-SAG/466

Secretary-General, in Message to Mark Day of African Child, Urges ‘Pause’ for Nigeria’s Kidnapped Schoolgirls, Demands Their Immediate Release (17 June 2014)
SG/SM/15953-AFR/2913-HR/5197

Secretary-General Appoints Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein of Jordan High Commissioner for Human Rights, Following General Assembly Approval (17 June 2014)
SG/A/1476-BIO/4599-HR/5196

Secretary-General, at Special Session, Calls UNCTAD ‘Anchor’ of United Nations Development Pillar, with Vital Role in Delivering Post-2015 Agenda (17 June 2014)
SG/SM/15952-TAD/2061

Secretary-General Condemns Attacks in Kenya ‘in Strongest Terms’, Reiterates United Nations Support for Anti-Terrorism Struggle (16 June 2014)
SG/SM/15951-AFR/2912

Seize Post-Conflict Moment, Says Secretary-General in Peacebuilding Day Message, Stressing that United Nations Efforts Cannot Stop when Guns Fall Silent (16 June 2014)
SG/SM/15950-PBC/97

UNICEF [to 21 June 2014]
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71508.html

Media Releases [selected]
New Zealand Rugby and UNICEF announce new international partnership for children
AUCKLAND, 20 June 2014 – New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and UNICEF today announced an international partnership which will see the All Blacks, and all other New Zealand Rugby teams, support UNICEF’s work in improving the lives of children and communities around the world.

Campaign by UNICEF and Save the Dream calls on people to report violence against children
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, 20 June 2014 – The campaign “It’s in your hands to protect” invites people to call “Disque 100” and other organizations that specialize in child protection to report incidents of violence against children and adolescents

UNICEF STATEMENT ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY: On the run and at risk
NEW YORK, 20 June 2014 – “As violence plagues Syria and other countries across the region, record numbers of displaced children are seeking sanctuary in Europe, putting them at increased risk – both from the perils of the Mediterranean crossing and the uncertainty of what awaits them in host countries. Many more child refugees are expected as ‘boat season’ increases the number of people attempting to make their desperate journey.

UNICEF to roll out mass vaccination campaign in Kurdistan region of Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq, 19 June 2014 – UNICEF and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities have agreed to urgent measures to prevent the spread of polio and other diseases among the large number of children displaced by continuing violence into the Kurdish Region of Iraq.

UNICEF statement on Tweet by National Ambassador of the Dutch National Committee for UNICEF
NEW YORK, 19 June 2014 – The football related tweet issued yesterday in her private capacity by Nicolette Van Dam, who is also a national ambassador for the Dutch National Committee for UNICEF, was inappropriate and highly offensive. UNICEF condemns its content.

UNICEF airlifts humanitarian supplies for displaced, conflict-affected children in Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq, 18 June 2014 – A cargo plane carrying emergency supplies for children affected by the conflict in Iraq arrived in Erbil on Tuesday.

UNICEF steps up lifesaving interventions in north-eastern Nigeria
BAUCHI, Nigeria, 18 June 2014 – UNICEF is scaling up its support to conflict-affected communities in north-eastern Nigeria to improve health, nutrition, and water and sanitation services.

New Yemen report shows girls lagging behind
SANA’A, Yemen, 17 June 2014 – Girls in Yemen continue to lag behind boys, with fewer chances to go to school and reach their potential and increased vulnerability to early marriage and maternal mortality, according to new research by UNICEF and the Government of Yemen launched today.

UNICEF and partners vaccinating over 1.1 million people in Guinea to halt meningitis outbreak
CONAKRY, Guinea, 16 June 2014 – This weekend, the Government of Guinea, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF completed a vaccination campaign in the country’s Eastern Region where a recent meningitis outbreak has already caused at least 52 deaths since the beginning of the year.

UNHCR [to 21 June 2014]
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/hom

20 June 2014
Resolve conflicts or face surge in life-long refugees worldwide, warns UNHCR Special Envoy

20 June 2014
Global forced displacement tops 50 million for first time since World War II – UNHCR Report
[see treatment in Week in Review above]

19 June 2014
UNHCR opens a new office in southern Syria and transfers humanitarian assistance convoys across the Jordanian border to Syria

18 June 2014
Ending gender discrimination in nationality laws

18 June 2014
UN High Commissioner for Refugees lauds Africa Refugee Convention, at 40, for saving millions of lives

16 June 2014
New manual to check immigration detention conditions launched
[see treatment in Week in Review above]

UNOCHA [to 21 June 2014]
http://www.unocha.org/

Press Releases
21 Jun 2014
World: World Humanitarian Summit Consultation in Africa helps shape Future of Humanitarian Aid: Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Côte d’Ivoire, World
(Abidjan, 20 June 2014): Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, today wrapped up a two-day regional consultation on the future of humanitarian aid, held in Abidjan, saying that West and Central Africa’s experiences will be crucial in the global effort at reforming humanitarian aid…

20 Jun 2014
World: OCHA: ‘Saving Lives Today and Tomorrow’, NEW interactive website
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: World
Today OCHA launched an online interactive advocacy campaign on its new policy report, Saving Lives Today and Tomorrow: Managing the Risk of Humanitarian Crises, with the aim of encouraging a paradigm shift towards a more preventative and anticipatory approach to humanitarian crises. The campaign is available at: http://www.unocha.org/saving-lives
in English and French – http://www.unocha.org/saving-lives/fr.html

20 Jun 2014
Yemen: Humanitarian Coordinator calls for full humanitarian access in Amran Governorate
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen
Country: Yemen
New York, 20 June 2014 – The Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Mr. Johannes Van Der Klaauw, has called on parties to the conflict in Amran Governorate to ensure that aid organisations have full access to all civilians in need of assistance wherever they are in the governorate. He also stressed that roads must be open to movement of humanitarian assistance…
and that…

20 Jun 2014
Iraq: Statement on the humanitarian situation in Iraq
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq
Country: Iraq
Jacqueline Badcock, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq
20 June 2014 I am deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation for hundreds of thousands of women, children and men in Iraq who have been forced from their homes by the recent upsurge in violent conflict. The United Nations estimate that half a million people have fled Mosul and…

20 Jun 2014
World: “A New Direction for Regional ‘Disaster Management’ Capacity Building – Keeping Step with Changing Times” – 20th Regional Disaster Managers Meeting
Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Community, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: World Annual Meeting of the Heads of National Disaster Management Offices of Pacific Island Countries and Territories 5th – 6th June 2014, Novotel Hotel, Suva, Fiji
KEY OUTCOMES The 20th Regional Disaster Managers Meeting was convened jointly by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs at the Novotel Hotel,…

19 Jun 2014
Mali: Major humanitarian needs remain in Mali – more must be done to make peace a reality, says OCHA Operations Director
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Mali
(New York, 19 June 2014): John Ging, Operations Director for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told media after a three-day visit to Mali that life- saving assistance is still urgently needed across the country and more must be done to build a lasting peace. “Humanitarian needs will continue to grow in Mali if there isn’t a full commitment by all to peace and stability,”…

19 Jun 2014
Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Consolidated Cluster Briefs 19 June 2014

UNISDR UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
http://www.unisdr.org/

19 Jun 2014
Statements & speeches
Safer climate disasters
Too often, participants in the climate-change debate make an erroneous distinction between protecting ourselves from the longer-term impact of global warming and better preparing ourselves against today’s extreme weather events. Recent reports from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have sought to break down this artificial divide. While seeking to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, we must work toward more effective disaster-risk management. Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/kristalina-georgieva-and-margareta-wahlstr-m-issue-a-call-for-greater-efforts-to-reduce-the-risks-associated-with-extreme-weather-events#hI8kyUIVDU0bCluj.99

18 Jun 2014
News briefs
The Tacloban Declaration
As Typhoon Haiyan recovery efforts continue and the country prepares for a new typhoon season, President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines has stressed the importance of mounting “a focused international effort to address the threats posed by climate change, and to build communities that are resilient in the face of disaster.”

16 Jun 2014
News briefs
Top developer makes case for DRR
The head of one of the world’s leading property developers today called on business enterprises to take advantage of new market opportunities in products and services that address disaster risk reduction.

WHO & Regionals [to 21 June 2014]
http://www.who.int/en/

WHO responds to deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq
16 June, 2014
Excerpt
WHO is working with local and international partners in Iraq to meet the urgent health needs of populations affected by the ongoing crisis.
The humanitarian situation in Iraq has deteriorated dramatically in the last few days, especially in the regions of Ninewa, Salaheddin and Diyala provinces. More than 500 000 people are estimated to have fled their homes in Mosul and surrounding areas. An estimated 100 000 have entered Erbil and 200 000 have fled to Dohuk. Almost 25 000 are seeking shelter in schools and mosques in Mosul City, many with no access to drinking- water, as the main water station for the area was destroyed by bombing, and food shortages are being reported. As the fighting continues, hundreds of thousands more are stranded at checkpoints with no belongings or money for housing, food, water or medical care. Accurate figures of casualties are unavailable but stand in the hundreds.
WHO is concerned about the health situation, which is expected to deteriorate given increasing numbers of people requiring humanitarian assistance and the difficulties faced in channelling human resources and logistics from Baghdad to affected areas.
Immediate and critical health risks of concern to WHO include the spread of measles, which is endemic in Mosul and could potentially lead to outbreaks, especially in overcrowded areas where internally-displaced persons are located. The spread of polio is also a high risk as new cases were reported in the country earlier this year as a result of the Syria crisis.
To monitor disease outbreaks, WHO has strengthened its disease early warning alert and response system in Kurdistan and Mosul. WHO is also launching emergency polio and measles vaccination activities for internally-displaced persons with the directorates of health in Dohuk and Erbil….

UNDP United Nations Development Programme [to 21 June 2014]
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home.html

19 Jun 2014
Helen Clark: Opening Statement at the Conference on International Development Co-operation: Trends and Emerging Opportunities -Perspectives of the New Actors co-hosted by UNDP and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)
Istanbul, Turkey

18 Jun 2014
Spatial disparity between the capital and the atolls contribute to Human Development gap
The last decade has seen the Maldives achieve remarkable progress on the developmental front. It has gained significant economic growth, confirmed by its graduation to a middle-income country in 2011, and is the first MDG plus country in South Asia having met five out of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

18 Jun 2014
New hub to bring investment and innovation in clean energy to Asia and the Pacific
A new regional hub launched here today will help mobilize investment and innovative solutions to bring clean, modern energy to those who do not have it in Asia and the Pacific.

17 Jun 2014
In Paris, donors pledge USD 11 billion to boost the economy of Benin
Meeting in Paris, the international community promised to contribute USD 11 billion to support the economic recovery of Benin, exceeding the small West African nation’s fundraising goals.

16 Jun 2014
UNDP and JICA Workshop in Addis Ababa to Support Local Government/Local Governance in Conflict-affected States
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today opened a two-day joint workshop on Supporting Local Government/Local Governance in Conflict-affected States.