Overview of Topics Covered in IASC Weekly Meetings in 2010

• Briefing on Yemen
• Internal Displacement in Armed Conflict 
• The AU Summit and the IDP/Refugee Convention
• Update on the Work of the IASC Task Force on Meeting Humanitarian Challenges in Urban Areas (MHCUA)
• The Role of UNDAC in Support of the Humanitarian Coordination in New Emergencies 
• Developing a Gender Marker for Humanitarian Funding Appeals
• Combating Gender Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• A Humanitarian Snapshot from the Cote d'Ivoire
• Update of the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report
• The Sphere Project – An Update on the Revision Process and a Way Forward
• Building the Capacity of Youth and Volunteers in Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Presentation of the Early Warning-Early Action Quarterly Report for March-June 2010
• Briefing on the Health Sector in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• ALNAP briefing: The State of the Humanitarian System
• Presentation by the ICRC on 'Restoring Family Links'
• Briefing by the IASC Secretariat on the last IASC Principals Meeting and the 76th IASC Working Group Meeting
• Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Iraq
• EthicalCargo Project - Supporting Conflict-sensitive Logistics and Ethical Transportation Programs
• Briefing by Dr Eric Laroche on his recent visit to Afghanistan
• Briefing by Dr Daniel Lopez Acuna on maternal health in Afghanistan
• Corruption in Humanitarian Operations:  A Strategy for Prevention
• Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Myanmar
• Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation of Women and Children in Iraq
• Briefing by Maxwell Kerley, Director United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
• Humanitarian Navigation Initiative - Asset Tracking Solutions for Operational Agencies
• What Civil-Military Coordination strategy for Afghanistan?
• NGO’s New Security Challenges in Afghanistan
• Cooperation between Non-State Humanitarian Relief Providers and the Private Sector
• Climate Change and the Humanitarian Challenge in Urban Areas
• Findings of the Inter-Cluster Support Mission to Nepal (July 2010)
• Implications of the outcome of the global meeting of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
• The humanitarian response in Pakistan: briefing by Simon Lawry-White on his deployment to Pakistan
• Current situation in the Horn of Africa
• Analysis of Somali pirates attacks
• OCHA briefing (Geneva) on the humanitarian situation in the DRC
• Floods in Benin: initial mission findings
• Food Security Analysis and Needs Assessments in Partnership – Keeping it Timely, Relevant and Manageable
• Integrating cross-cutting issues in the work of clusters - lessons from the Global Protection Cluster
• Humanitarian Preparedness and Response in Latin America and the Caribbean - Possibilities for Strengthened Collaboration between the Regional and the Global Level
• Current priority interventions of the humanitarian community in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
• Improving communication with disaster-affected communities
• WHO briefing on Cholera in Haiti

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