And humanitarian aid needs remain considerable.

Humanitarian response needs to become more predictable in all emergencies.

UNRWA and OCHA, Rafah Humanitarian Needs Assessment, 6 June 2004.

Humanitarian assistance must be provided on the basis of existing needs.

It also advocates the inclusion of gender needs in humanitarian assistance.

It will work to ensure that humanitarian needs are met as an integral component of the overall humanitarian endeavour.

Given the tremendous humanitarian needs in many parts of the country, the United Nations will have a vital responsibility to provide a strong and well managed humanitarian assistance programme as long as urgent humanitarian needs have to be met.

Its humanitarian needs persisted, especially for returning refugees and the internally displaced.

Before providing humanitarian assistance, IFRC endeavoured to design a Cooperation Agreement Strategy (CAS) for each country, specifying its humanitarian needs.

Consequently, the humanitarian needs are expected to remain at least at current levels.

Delegations underscored that reproductive health needs were often forgotten in emergency humanitarian settings.

The humanitarian crises in Africa are of serious concern to my delegation, as are the obstacles that arise in meeting humanitarian needs.

We welcome intensified dialogue between humanitarian and development actors on ensuring timely needs assessment and achieving a common strategy for humanitarian assistance.

For Norway, the key criterion for the success of humanitarian reform is that it more effectively meet humanitarian needs on the ground.

Issues such as humanitarian needs of displaced persons, which are not under the direct mandate of humanitarian agencies, should also be addressed.

If anything, those resources should be increased in order to fulfil basic humanitarian needs.

Effective coordination of humanitarian assistance at all levels, based on actual needs, is imperative.

Moreover, the humanitarian needs in post conflict situations tended to increase rather than decrease.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) needs to be strengthened.

Consolidated appeals increasingly serve as a denominator of assessed humanitarian needs given increased NGO participation.

Invites the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to continue its efforts to coordinate and develop a strategic response to recurrent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and to consider ways to enhance the mobilization of emergency relief assistance to cover the remaining humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

Invites the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to continue its efforts to coordinate and develop a strategic response to recurrent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and to consider ways to enhance the mobilization of emergency relief assistance to cover the remaining humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

Also takes note of the report of the Personal Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary General on the humanitarian conditions and needs of the Palestinian people

The primary target groups for humanitarian assistance were internally displaced persons, returning refugees and demobilized soldiers, who were considered as having similar humanitarian assistance needs.

1.147 To assist families with small scale emergency needs during a family specific economic or humanitarian crisis through selective cash assistance based on actual needs.

Zimbabwe needs a broad based representative Government to face the country's huge economic and humanitarian challenges.

The proposal that the upgraded CERF address critical humanitarian needs in underfunded emergencies is therefore welcome.

Humanitarian response does not always meet the basic needs of affected populations in a timely way.

Emphasizing the need to mobilize adequate, predictable, timely and flexible resources for humanitarian assistance based on and in proportion to assessed needs, with a view to ensuring fuller coverage of the needs in all sectors and across humanitarian emergencies,

10. Invites the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to continue its efforts to coordinate and develop a strategic response to recurrent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and to consider ways to enhance the mobilization of emergency relief assistance to cover the remaining humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

Invites the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to continue its efforts to coordinate and develop a strategic response to recurrent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and to consider ways to enhance the mobilization of emergency relief assistance in order to cover the remaining humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

In the west, humanitarian actors are also concerned with the growing needs of internally displaced persons throughout the country and their increased dependence on humanitarian assistance.

I would like to stress that, while severe humanitarian crises in other parts of the world demand greater attention, humanitarian needs in Somalia should not be forgotten.

A principled and coordinated approach to humanitarian assistance will best address humanitarian needs and facilitate the preparation of a coherent and effective strategy for recovery and reconstruction.

These developments should not hide the fact that humanitarian, economic and social needs are enormous in Burundi.

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

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

It hopes that NGOs will soon be able to return so that humanitarian needs can be met.

Humanitarian assistance is not sufficiently tailored to the multi dimensional needs of refugees, especially women and children.

10. Invites the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to continue its efforts to coordinate and develop a strategic response to recurrent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and to consider ways to enhance the mobilization of emergency relief assistance in order to cover the remaining humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

In that regard, there is an urgent need for humanitarian actors to receive much needed financial support to allow the continuation of humanitarian activities and provide an improved response to humanitarian needs identified in 2005.

I would like to stress three elements related to humanitarian coordination first, the effort to improve humanitarian coordination through reform of the United Nations humanitarian system secondly, the need to meet the humanitarian needs of internally displaced people and thirdly, situations of transition.

16. Urges the United Nations to continue to address the humanitarian, rehabilitation and development needs of East Timor

21. Calls upon relevant United Nations organizations to continue to improve transparency and reliability of humanitarian needs assessments

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