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Priority Policy Recommendations
Haiti
The current UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti should be mandated to lead the Humanitarian Country Team.
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Afghanistan
UNDP should immediately establish and lead an early recovery cluster.
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Afghanistan
The UN, OCHA headquarters in New York, and donors should provide support to the OCHA office in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan
All UN agencies, led by OCHA, should work on a country-wide assessment to identify and respond to the humanitarian caseload.
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Syria
UNHCR should provide better resettlement counseling to refugees, particularly outside of Damascus, and expedite urgent security cases.
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Somalia
Donor governments and members of the UN Security Council should focus on security sector reform with a view to strengthening the government and creating conditions that would allow for the withdrawal of AMISOM.
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Kenya
UNHCR and donor governments should mount a full-scale diplomatic effort, including reaching out to Kenyan refugee and human rights NGOs, to gain Kenyan government permission to expand Dadaab refugee camp to a fourth site.
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Sudan
UNMIS and UNHCR should shift their focus from assisting returns to supporting reintegration activities and protection of returnees. They should also draft and implement a clear protection strategy to make the GoSS increasingly more capable of protecting its own people.
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Letters and Testimonies
OpEd
01/08/2010
Financial Times: The world must not let Sudan return to war
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Press Release
10/13/2009
DR Congo: Civilian Cost of Military Operation Is Unacceptable
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Press Release
09/30/2009
UN Security Council Resolution Outlines Significant Steps to Reduce Sexual Violence in Conflict
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Advocacy Letter
09/28/2009
DR Congo: Letter to UN Special Representative Alan Doss
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Successes
  • Burma
    In 2008, the U.S. provided $50 million in assistance after Cyclone Nargis struck the Irrawaddy Delta -- killing 140,000 and affecting 2.4 million others. This was a tremendous increase over the U.S. government’s previous $3 million budget for aid to Burmese people inside the country. Refugees International slowly began to change the U.S. government’s stance against funding humanitarian aid programs inside Burma after two years of being one of the few organizations calling for increased assistance.