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24 December 2012 - 11:06amIn 2012, UN agencies and humanitarian partners helped millions of people affected by natural disasters, food insecurity, conflicts and displacement across the globe. As the year draws to an end, OCHA’s Operations Director John Ging talks about some of the major challenges aid organizations faced in... -
2 July 2012 - 4:36pmOCHA and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new animation video highlighting the urgent need to invest more in preparing for and preventing natural disasters, which have claimed more than 1 million lives since 2000. The video, Act Now, Save Later, is funded by OCHA and... -
28 December 2011 - 4:00pmMore than sixty leading experts called for a global ramp-up of research efforts to tackle the rising challenges facing humanitarian workers, at an inaugural Policy and Research Conference in New York. Participants warned that climate change, rising populations, environmental degradation, water shortages...
