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IASC 2021 New Year Video

Published Date
5 January 2021
We will face many challenges in 2021, but together we can take action to help those who need us most.  Hear from Mr. Mark Lowcock, the Under-Secretary-General of Humanitarian Affairs and IASC Emergency Relief Coordinator, was joined by Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of WFP, Ms. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, and Ms. Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, Secretary-General of Care International in the 2021 New Year’s message from the IASC. View the full video here:
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Global Humanitarian Overview 2021

Published Date
1 December 2020
The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based assessment of humanitarian need. Through plans that prioritize those most in need, it aims to fight hunger, killer diseases, gender-based violence and displacement. In 2021, 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. View the full abridged report for more information on current humanitarian trends.   
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CERF releases $25M for women-led projects battling gender-based violence

Published Date
1 December 2020
The United Nations humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has released $25 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support women-led organizations that prevent and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian settings.
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New Product - Issue paper: Exploring peace within the Humanitarian-Development- Peace Nexus (HDPN)

Published Date
28 October 2020
The issue paper contributes to inter-agency reflections on what the Peace component of the HDPN might and can look like, with an emphasis on the possible engagement pathways along a peace spectrum within humanitarian action. This paper outlines how humanitarian actors can ensure context and conflict analysis and conflict-sensitivity in their own programming. The paper also provides clarity on the full spectrum of peace actions to contribute to improving the complementarity, coordination and/or collaboration between humanitarian, development and peace actions.    
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Mr. Mark Lowcock's Speech at the Paris Institute for Political Science on The Greater Sahel: How to Avert a Looming Tragedy

Published Date
20 October 2020
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock Speech at the Paris Institute for Political Science    The Greater Sahel: How To Avert A Looming Tragedy  A Virtual Speech, New York, 13 October 2020   
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Extended until 17 January 2021, IASC System-Wide Scale-Up Protocols - Adapted to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published Date
16 October 2020
The IASC Principals endorsed the extension of the System-Wide COVID-tailored IASC Scale-Up activation until 17 January 2017.
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Launch of the IASC Accountability and Inclusion Resources Portal

Published Date
7 October 2020
IASC RG2 Accountability & Inclusion Portal  
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Launching the PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund

Published Date
30 September 2020
In February 2020, UNHCR and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) partnered to launch the PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund (PSEA Outreach Fund).
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IASC Key Protection Advocacy Messages - COVID-19

Published Date
23 September 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating protection concerns in humanitarian crises and exposing vulnerable populations to new threats. Protection clusters are reporting an increase in cases of violence, including a ‘shadow pandemic’ of Gender Based violence (GBV), forced displacement, a rise in xenophobia and stigmatization, alongside discrimination in access to health, food, water, education and legal services for vulnerable and marginalized groups.
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Racism and Racial Discrimination in the Humanitarian Sector

Published Date
10 September 2020
Many of our staff have been affected directly or indirectly by manifestations of racism and racial discrimination. It is incumbent upon us to examine and address racism and racial discrimination within our own organizations and in the humanitarian sector, including by expanding diversity at all levels in our workplaces, and fostering more inclusive and diverse ways of working.
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In a letter to members of the Security Council, Mr. Mark Lowcock warned that the "First Famines of Coronavirus Era Are at World’s Doorstep"

Published Date
7 September 2020
  The NewYork Times By Rick Gladstone  Sept. 5, 2020 The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.
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Adapted from the IASC Children's Book, The Animated Film of "My hero is You" is now Available!

Published Date
20 August 2020
This video is an adaptation of the children’s book, My Hero is You, released in early 2020 to help educate children around the world about COVID-19. The original book was created by mental health and psychosocial support experts from the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations.
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Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Response to Cyclones Idai in Mozambique

Published Date
20 August 2020
This is the first inter-agency evaluation of the new IASC scale-up mechanism. The independent team found that the scale-up enhanced leadership and increased in-country capacities in the early stages of the response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique in 2019. This facilitated the provision of relevant and timely assistance. The report identifies key findings, critical gaps and lessons learned, and formulates 13 recommendations to improve collective responses in similar contexts.
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World Humanitarian Day 2020 "The dedication, perseverance and self-sacrifice of these real-life heroes represent the best of humanity".

Published Date
19 August 2020
WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2020: A TRIBUTE TO AID WORKERS ON THE FRONT LINES
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"We will best serve the Lebanese people with a collective response" - Statement by Mr. Mark Lowcock at the Lebanon Briefing for Member States

Published Date
10 August 2020
Virtual Briefing, New York - 10 August 2020 Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock As delivered: Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ministers, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you to this briefing on Lebanon. We are joined today by: the United Nations Secretray-General Mr. António Guterres; His Excellency, Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the General Assembly;
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IASC Proposal for a Harmonized Approach to Funding Flexibility in the Context of COVID-19

Published Date
30 June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on ongoing humanitarian crises have created a need to make funding agreements more flexible so that frontline humanitarian actors receive timely and adequate resources and can pivot as appropriate to COVID-19-related activities.
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UN-IASC Light Guidance on Collective Outcomes

Published Date
29 June 2020
This light guidance was developed by WHO and UNHCR on behalf of the IASC Results Group 4 on Humanitarian-Development Collaboration and in consultation with the UN Joint Steering Committee to Advance Humanitarian and Development Collaboration (JSC). It is to be a live document meant to ensure a common understanding of analysis, funding and financial strategies and effective coordination initiatives. It highlights key steps and questions that should be answered during the process of creating and delivering context-specific collective outcomes.
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Opening of the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Published Date
2 June 2020
REMARKS BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, MARK LOWCOCK
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Statement on Yemen by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Published Date
28 May 2020
Today, the IASC Principals issued a joint statement, expressing alarm about the situation in Yemen, as COVID-19 is spreading rapidly amid unabated conflict and lac of funding for humanitarian programmes. Against a backdrop of mounting humanitarian needs, especially for families displaced by the fighting, official COVID-19 case figures as of 28 May stand at 253 cases and 50 deaths. Further testing and analysis are required to provide a true picture of the epidemic and the case fatality rate in Yemen.
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IASC Key Messages to Fast-track health and aid workers and supplies at borders and in countries

Published Date
8 May 2020
Following discussions at IASC Principals meeting on 9 April 2020, UNICEF and OCHA have produced some communication content to support our collective advocacy efforts for safe and fast-tracked access for health and aid workers and supplies at borders and in countries.

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