Donor response to the crisis

II. Emergency preparedness, response and relief operations

Safety of operations, emergency response and contingency planning

The exceptional financial crisis called for an exceptional response.

SCHEME FOR INTERNATIONAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

One such instance occurred in response to the Mexican crisis in 1995 and a second in response to the Asian currency crisis in 1997 1998.

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Nevertheless, in response to the September 2002 political crisis, the Government sharply increased its defence and crisis related expenditure.

In many operations, the people coming to the rescue of crisis victims became victims of the crisis themselves.

We can certainly see this in response to the current financial crisis.

B. Victim assistance and crisis response programmes for school personnel and students

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The humanitarian crisis calls for a rapid response by the international community.

Planning and logistics, not to mention the Organization apos s response capacity, have at times left much to be desired and the crisis in financing continues to hamper the efficiency of operations.

They stressed that there should be a coherent and coordinated United Nations system response in crisis and post crisis situations.

The crisis in Darfur tested the limits of the UNICEF emergency response capacity.

The initial international response to the Darfur crisis in 2003 and the first half of 2004 was limited as the crisis received little international attention, but the response has significantly improved since then.

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Peacebuilding operations would evolve in response to the needs of societies in distress.

South South cooperation could play an increasing role in improved governance and crisis prevention and response, as well as in post crisis reconstruction.

20. Approximately 200 small business operations were severely affected by the volcanic crisis.

The Government's response has been to establish crisis centers for women (see para 16 above).

Tailor made operations designed in response to specific demands ensure ownership and successful results.

The humanitarian crisis that continues to ravage southern Africa has challenged traditional response and assistance approaches.

(b) an operations based, cost effective capacity for delivery within a rapid response environment and

Available instruments must be constantly improved and adapted to the changing needs of our response to crisis.

29. CCPOQ also agreed on the necessity of formulating jointly four generic products for effective crisis response

These, in turn, are expected to improve the predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of the humanitarian response to crisis.

Progress to date is encouraging, primarily in the field of large scale operations management in crisis countries.

My delegation supports the modernization of the Fund and in particular improving humanitarian response in under funded crisis situations.

Major water and sanitation interventions have also been necessary in several crisis situations, in response to conflicts and floods.

DHA has also developed ReliefWeb as a platform for field and Headquarters information related to crisis preparedness and response.

And for the past few years, the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit has seconded a gender expert to UNIFEM in Kosovo.

Ms. Juul (Norway) said that the Mine Ban Convention had come about as a humanitarian response to a humanitarian crisis.

The multiple challenges confronting the Treaty created a crisis of confidence that demanded a concerted response from the international community.

Recent experience had shown that the timeliness of response to conflicts was crucial to the success of peacekeeping operations.

I said then that we faced an unprecedented crisis but one that has a solution an unprecedented response from us all.

The response to the IDP crisis is a collaborative effort under the overall leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator based in Khartoum.

Preventive action and post conflict peacebuilding constitute important elements of a comprehensive response by the United Nations to emerging crisis situations.

Rapid response in the early stages of a crisis can make a remarkable difference and can lessen the overall funding burden.

The resultant Strategic Defence Review White Paper placed renewed emphasis on the rapid deployment of British forces in response to crisis.

The Board notes that UNOPS restructured its operations in 2004 in response to recommendations made by the strategic advisory groups.

External events and internal constraints, in particular the financial crisis, continued to affect Agency operations during the year under review.

But the stimulus measures transformed a banking crisis into a fiscal and sovereign debt crisis. From 2010 onwards, governments started to raise taxes and cut spending in response to growing fears of sovereign default.

The programme, called the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit, maintains a roster of civilian experts who can join international missions on short notice.