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Someday Disposable Drones May Deliver A Payload, Then Vanish
03/02/2017. DARPA is working with several companies in the field of ephemeral materials to achieve a prototype.
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Stop targeting humanitarian workers
03/08/2017. Humanitarian workers have to balance the risks they are facing with the life-saving impact of their humanitarian work.
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UNOG Annual Report 2016
03/10/2017. While events in 2016 tested the United Nations and its partners, the year also proved that international collaboration lives on.
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OCHA launches its 2017 Plan and Budget
03/16/2017. 2017 is already a year of brutal conflict and escalating humanitarian crises.
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UN aid chief urges global action as starvation, famine loom for 20 million across four countries
03/10/2017. We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the UN,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator.
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Speech by Angelina Jolie ‘In defense of internationalism’
03/15/2017. Delivered at the Sergio Vieira de Mello Annual Lecture, in Geneva, Switzerland
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Children's suffering in Syria at its worst
03/13/2017. Verified instances of killing, maiming and recruitment of children increased sharply last year in a drastic escalation of violence.
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Ethics and state funding: the quest for independent humanitarian action
02/22/2017. The ethical analysis of state funding is designed to ensure the independence of humanitarian action. In situations of armed conflict, it must be dynamic and adapted to the context.
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Ten humanitarian stories to look out for in 2017
01/02/2017. While 2016 taught us to expect the unexpected, IRIN’s eyes and ears on the ground have given us an idea of what to look out for in the new year.
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Famine looms in four countries as aid system struggles to cope, experts warn
02/12/2017. Campaigners say tens of millions in urgent need in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia are in hands of an overwhelmed, outdated humanitarian network.
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