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Editorial: Knowing when and how to disengage humanitarian response
The machinery of international humanitarian response, once triggered and functioning in a country, has a life of its own. A multiplicity of United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations set up their programmes. The various sector- or subject-focused ‘clusters’, established to strengthen pre-emergency preparedness and operational coordination once an emergency has occurred, are activated. Humanitarian response plans are published, and appeals for funds made.
The machinery of international humanitarian response, once triggered and functioning in a country, has a life of its own. A multiplicity of United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations set up their programmes. The various sector- or subject-focused ‘clusters’, established to strengthen pre-emergency preparedness and operational coordination once an emergency has occurred, are activated. Humanitarian response plans are published, and appeals for funds made.
UN (2021) ‘Global humanitarian overview 2021: mid-year update’ [pdf], United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, <https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/GHO_Monthly_Update_21JUNE2021.pdf> [accessed 1 July 2021].
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