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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

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Virtual Briefing, New York - 10 August 2020 Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator- 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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UN-IASC Light Guidance on Collective Outcomes

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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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Photo of a boy hanging on the wall instructions how to prevent COVID-19

Statement on Yemen by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

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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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Panama: WFP and WHO personnel in the WFP-managed UN Humanitarian Response Depot preparing to dispatch consignments of personal protective equipment items for WHO. Credit: WFP/Francisco Garrido

Urgent call to fund the global emergency supply system to fight COVID-19

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Major IASC organizations have issued a graphic warning of the risk of coronavirus to the world’s most vulnerable countries after disclosing that international donors had pledged around a quarter of the $2 billion the UN requested in the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 in March.  Following is the text of the open letter:   Dear donor community,
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Cover photo for the document titled, "IASC System-Wide Scale-Up Protocols Adapted to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic"

IASC System-Wide Scale-Up Protocols - Adapted to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This document outlines the ‘light’ and ‘adapted’ scale-up protocols to be activated for IASC response to the COVID-19 emergency. It describes the collective approach and principles of action to guide the system-wide response. This activation may be updated to ensure it retains currency in view of the exceptional and rapidly evolving situation.