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The Humanitarian Cluster System is a system, used by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, to coordinate multi-agency responses to large humanitarian emergencies. [1] [2] The system has been used since 2005 to improve the quality of humanitarian aid delivery. [3]
The Shelter Cluster is one of eleven sectorial coordination groups [1] [2] that are part of the Cluster Approach, that followed the Humanitarian Response Review in 2005. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Currently 43 humanitarian organizations are part of the Shelter Cluster at global level, [ 5 ] more than 500 organizations coordinate shelter assistance with the ...
The overall objective of the IASC is to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected populations. The Committee was established following UN General Assembly Resolution 46/182 and resolution 48/57 confirmed that it should be the primary method for inter-agency coordination. [ 1 ]
Phase 2 saw the development of extensive training material for using the handbook. The training program focuses "mainly on the day-to-day work of the individual humanitarian practitioner." The main method is to use workshops for humanitarian field staff to facilitate the practical application of the minimum standards. [11]
CARE is a signatory to the following standards of humanitarian intervention: the Code of Conduct for The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, [45] the Sphere standards, [46] and the Core Humanitarian Standard [47] As well, CARE is a member of a number of networks aiming to improve the quality and ...
In 2023, for example, the organization successfully coordinated significant humanitarian efforts, in Ukraine for example, receiving almost $3.7 billion in support. The Central Emergency Response Fund distributed $735 million to aid 33 million people across 42 countries, including rapid responses in Ukraine and to global food insecurity.
Humanitarian protection is the act of promoting and ensuring the legal rights of people affected by humanitarian crises. The concept of humanitarian protection was established by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and responsibility to ensure protection was mandated to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Outside of times of crises, national ...
The Sphere Handbook was developed by international humanitarian aid agencies to describe minimum standards for the provision of emergency humanitarian aid. [1] The handbook is published by the Sphere Association (also known as the Sphere Project). [1] Médecins Sans Frontières declined to engage in the project to create the standards. [3]