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Hunting for the Grand Bargain
03/22/2017. Ten months on from the signature of a landmark agreement to reform emergency aid, critics worry that the process of translating 51 separate commitments into action is creating new layers of bureaucracy.
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Local aid agencies: still waiting for a bigger share of the funding cake
03/27/2017. Donors and UN agencies who agreed to provide at least one quarter of humanitarian aid funding "as directly as possible" to local NGOs are struggling to deliver on their pledge.
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Pope urges EU leaders to ‘blaze the path of a new European humanism’
03/24/2017. Francis addresses 27 leaders on eve of Treaty of Rome anniversary
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Syria Is Not Lost Yet
03/15/2017. Despite six years of incoherent policy, Western countries can still positively shape Syria’s post-conflict settlement.
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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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Peace in Syria an imperative "that cannot wait"
03/15/2017. As the brutal war in Syria enters its seventh year, peace “is a moral and political imperative both for the Syrian people and for the world,” António Guterres.
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IOM, EU Strengthen Ties on Global Migration
03/10/2017. "The EU and IOM share the view that no country can effectively address migration alone" William Lacy Swing
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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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