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UNFPA Myanmar working with Myanmarrsquos Youth YIC (Youth Information Corner) todeliver support to flood survivors in Ayeyawady RegionCredit UNFPA MyanmarBennyManser

LATEST NEWS

Myanmar FloodsAs of 21 August over 16 million people and over 900000 acres of farmland have beencritically affected by the floods US$755 million will be required to address the needs ofnearly 600000 people in the next five months Lessons learned from the Cyclone Nargisresponse allowed more efficient response from humanitarian actors and the governmentFood shelter and family kits were distributed and local civil society came together to helpthe flood victims The government created a Recovery Coordination Committee tofacilitate a rapid recovery A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination

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(UNDAC) team was deployed to Myanmar on 24 August for a period of three to fourweeks The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ms Renata Dessallienexpressed that ldquoour efforts to help households rebuild their livelihoods repairinfrastructure and restore services must be accompanied by measures to reducepeoplersquos vulnerability to future disastersrdquo Chief of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS)Secretariat to step downDr Jemilah Mahmood a doctor and founder of MERCY Malaysia will be stepping downas chief of the WHS Secretariat to take up a senior role in another operational agency asof January 2016 onward Mahmood will see the secretariat through some ldquokey ongoingprocessesrdquo before she leaves including the WHS Global Consultations in October Findout more

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Review of Active L3s by the IASCPrincipalsAd hoc Principals meeting onSecurityWHO ThanksHealthHeroCampaignGlobal Protection Cluster Strategy shySurveyWorld Humanitarian Day

ERC OBrien with displaced children in a hygienesensitisation session in Amran Yemen CreditsOCHA Philippe Kropf

Review of Active L3 Responses by the IASC Principals At their ad hoc meeting on 26 August the IASC Principals reviewed the SystemshyWideLevel Three (L3) Response Activations for Iraq South Sudan and Syria and decided tomaintain the L3 status for all three crises The Principals also agreed to have a morestrategic discussion on the Level 3 concept

IraqOver 8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance as of 16 August Of theUS$498 million requested in humanitarian aid 25 per cent has been funded thus farFunding shortfalls and strict security policies are negatively impacting the provision ofand access to food shelter and nonshyfood items Health services in Kurdistan arestretched by heavy displacement and drinking water and coolboxes remain an urgentpriorityAbout 32 million school aged children lack access to quality education The IASCPrincipals decided to extend the L3 Response for Iraq until the end of 2015 and taskedthe Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) to present their Transition Plan before theDecember 2015 IASC Principals meeting

South SudanAn internationallyshymandated peace agreement was signed between President Kiir andrebels on 26 August World leaders and humanitarian organisations welcomed the dealbut warned it must now be implemented As of 25 August the number of internallydisplaced persons (IDPs) has increased to 16 million IDPs and over 600000 havebecome refugees in neighbouring states Funding remains insufficient and only half of



the US$163 billion required has been secured thus far The USG emphasized the highcost of the conflict with communities enduring insecurity and fear as atrocities continueWhile addressing the Security Council on 25 August he expressed his concern for Unityand Upper Nile states as fighting continues He emphasized the need for leaders to takeresponsibility for their actions and cease hostilities The IASC Principals decided toextend the L3 response for three months

Syria Since the start of the conflict over 250000 Syrians have been killed more than 1 millioninjured and about 76 million displaced The number of UNHCR registered refugees hasreached 4 million ndash the largest refugee population from a single conflict worldwide in overa quarter of a century 31 per cent of the US$289 billion of the Syrian HumanitarianResponse Plan has been funded thus far People in Damascus Aleppo and Dararsquoasuffer from water insecurity as a result of cuts imposed by armed groups 46 millionSyrians in need of humanitarian assistance are inaccessible The IASC Principalsdecided to extend the L3 response for another 6 months

YemenAccording to ERCUSG Stephen OrsquoBrienrsquos Statement to the Security Council on Yemenon World Humanitarian Day 80 per cent of Yemenis require humanitarian assistanceand nearly 15 million people are internally displaced as a result of the conflict As of 27August 19 per cent of the US$16 billion in requested humanitarian aid has been fundedThere is widespread scarcity of food and fuel resulting from impediments to commercialimports and airstrikes in and around Hudaydah port The shortage of funding hascreated the possibility of famine for millions of Yemenis The Yemen L3 status will bereviewed by the IASC Principals at the end of September

Ad Hoc Principals Meeting on SecurityAt DSS request the IASC Secretariat organized a briefing by USG Drennan on securitythreats and mitigating measures The meeting provided a sobering reminder of thesecurity risks faced by humanitarian organizations in different parts of the world TheERC noted that security must be more systematically on the humanitarian agenda andthat IASC Principals must provide leadership to ensure that security measures andanalyses are factored in decisionmaking He also provided an update on the effortsunderway to revise the UNshyNGO collaboration framework Saving lives Together

WHO ThanksHealthHero CampaignBetween World Humanitarian Day and the World Humanitarian Summit the campaignwill honour frontline health workers by shining a spotlight on the doctors nursesparamedics and other health workers who selflessly serve their communities often withvery little access to resources and sometimes at great risk to their own livesClick here to send a message of thanks to the health heroes

Global Protection Cluster Strategy shy SurveyThe Global Protection Cluster (GPC) is revising its Strategic Framework for 2016shy2019To support this endeavour the GPC is seeking input from individuals in the larger



humanitarian community at all levels of seniority including staff and volunteers with UNagencies other international organizations and NGOs states civil society organizationscoordination mechanisms and other stakeholders You are invited to participate in thesurvey on humanitarian protection work which is available in English and French

World Humanitarian DayMore than 40 countries around the world commemorated World Humanitarian Day(WHD) to celebrate aid workers and advocate for humanitarian action under this yearrsquosoverarching theme ndash ldquoInspiring the Worldrsquos Humanityrdquo The digital campaignShareHumanity had a huge spike in activity on 26 August with more than 170000posts a potential outreach of 2 billion views ShareHumanity was tweeted more than230000 times (up from 77000 from last years HumanitarianHeroes) For a summaryof the digital campaign engagement so far and some of the highlights please see thestorify wrap up

IASC PRIORITIES For more information or to join the IASCSubsidiary Bodies working on thesepriorities visit the IASC webpage

The IASC Subsidiary bodies are currentlypreparing progress updates on their workplans in order to present suggestions fortheir plans beyond 2015 to the WorkingGroup Humanitarian Financing The IASC Humanitarian Financing TaskTeam (HFTT) is working to improve thetransparency of humanitarian financingdata OCHA has built a new version ofthe website of the Financial TrackingService (FTS) which is currentlyavailable in a beta version A technicalworking group of the HFTT will review adraft blueprint for a humanitarianextension to the data standard of theInternational Aid Transparency Initiative(IATI) The task team together withReliefWeb is working on an onlinerepository of humanitarian financingdocuments These activities fall underObjective 4 of the HFTTs work plan

Accountability to AffectedPopulations and Prevention of SexualExploitation and Abuse (AAPPSEA)The AAPPSEA HelpDesk is gainingacceptance and several requests forsupport have been received

Preparedness and resilienceAt the regular TTPR meeting on 13August members were briefed on theldquoGlobal Mapping of EmergencyStockpilesrdquo Find out more Revitalizing Principled HumanitarianActionThe final Review of the Impact of UNIntegration on Humanitarian Action wascirculated to the TT on RevitalizingPrincipled Humanitarian Action and theTT is now preparing a recommendationsmatrix to accompany the reportA draft ofthe COTER Advocacy Strategy wascirculated to the TT for input

Gender in Humanitarian ActionThe new IASC Guidelines for IntegratingGendershybased Violence Interventions inHumanitarian Action have been circulatedand will be officially launched inSeptember The Gender andDevelopment Network alongside other



which aims to improve transparency bystrengthening the empirical knowledgebase on funding flows

organisations have collectively called onthe WHS to put womenrsquos leadershipgender equality and gendershybasedviolence (GBV) at the heart ofhumanitarian reforms in a joint positionpaper

IASC EVENTS IN AUGUST

IASC Events are organized on an ad hoc basis by theIASC secretariat in Geneva and New York Briefing to the IASC on the WorldHumanitarian Summit RegionalConsultations (RC) for the Pacific andSouth and Central Asia (Geneva and NewYork 17 August 2015)

Elizabeth Cafferty Gender Advisor WHS secretariatbriefed on the South and Central Asia RegionalConsultations highlighting both preparatory meetingsand the many issues which came out of the RC itselfEmmi Antinoja WHS secretariat briefed on the PacificRegional Consultations and thanked IASC agencies fortheir joint efforts in organizing consultations in the leadup to the RC She detailed the six priorities that cameout of the RC The discussion section focused on whentaskable action recommendations might be made aswell as the synthesis report and the SGrsquos report Otherissues discussed were IASCs multiyear planning anddevelopment of priorities for 2016shy2017 in particularwith regard to preparedness but also protractedcrises humanitarian financing natural disastersclimate change and localization of response Somalia Briefing by IOM (New York 14August 2015)

Gerry Waite IOM Chief of Mission for Somalia briefedthe IASC on the situation in Somalia focusing onmobility dynamics in Somalia and the impact of thecrisis in Yemen Mr Waite highlighted issues regardingcoordination and joint leadership by IOM and UNHCRHe also discussed the numbers and profiles ofreturnees from Yemen where they are crossing andwhere they are settling as well as their needs Otherissues highlighted during the briefing includedreception centres government attitude towardsreturnees youth and migration to Europe The

RECENT REPORTSAND STUDIES Funding Update of theGlobal HumanitarianReviewOn 19 August 2015 OCHAreleased a humanitarianfunding update Overallglobal humanitarian fundingamounts to US$115 billionan increase of $37 billioncompared to June fundinglevels ($78 billion)

Amnesty InternationalReport shy YemenOn 17 August 2015Amnesty Internationalreleased Nowhere SafeFor Civilians Airstrikes AndGround Attacks In YemenThe report highlights theimpact of unlawful coalitionairstrikes in denselypopulated residentialneighbourhoods andattacks by Huthi loyalistsand antishyHuthi armedgroups operating on theground who have carriedout indiscriminate anddisproportionate attacks incivilian areas

Mainstreaming Environmentand Climate Change intoHumanitarian ActionEvidence on Demandproduced a topic guidetargeted at ClimateEnvironment Infrastructureand Livelihoods Advisers inthe UK Department forInternational Development



discussion focused on arrivals screening IDP campseconomic crisis migration routes and protectionissues

(DFID) and otherdevelopment professionals

FEATURED PRODUCT FINALTRANSFORMATIVE AGENDAPROTOCOLS The Reference Module for theImplementation of the HumanitarianProgramme Cycle (HPC) was preparedby the Humanitarian Programme CycleSteering Group of the IASC It providesan overview of what needs to be donewhen and by whom to enable managersto allocate staff and tasks sequencedecisions and planning and identifypriorities during humanitarian crises The Reference Module for ClusterCoordination at Country Level has beenrevised reflecting implementation of the2011 Transformative Agenda andincludes inputs from the field and theglobal level The cluster approach wasadopted in 2005 following anindependent Humanitarian ResponseReview to address gaps and to increasethe effectiveness of humanitarianresponse by building partnerships

The Emergency Response Preparedshyness (ERP) approach shy developed bythe IASC Task Team on Preparednessand Resilience shy enables the internationalhumanitarian system to apply a proactiveapproach to emergency preparednessThe ERP replaces the lsquoIntershyAgencyContingency Planning Guidelines forHumanitarian Assistancersquo as developed in2001 and updated in 2007 It aims tooptimize the speed and volume of criticalassistance delivered immediately afterthe onset of a humanitarian emergency

The MultishySector Initial Rapid Assessment(MIRA) Guidance has been revised toincorporate lessons learned from itsapplication in new emergencies furtherfield practice and other existingassessment tools and methodologies Itreflects a common vision of what ismethodologically sound and realisticallyfeasible in the highly challengingenvironment in which emergencyhumanitarian needs assessments takeplace

UPCOMING MEETINGS amp EVENTS

IASC Meetings amp Events

9shy10 September 2015 IASC secretariat retreat



15 September 2015 IASC Focal Point meeting to prepare the 89th Working Groupmeeting

16 September 2015 Task Team on Humanitarian Financing (HFTT) Meeting

18 September 2015 Ad Hoc Working Group Meeting IAHE CAR and South Sudan

29 September 2015 Task Team on Revitalizing Principled Humanitarian Action(RPHA) Meeting

30 September 2015 (tbc) Ad Hoc Principals Meeting Review of L3 systemshywideactivation in Yemen

12shy13 October 2015 89th Working Group Meeting discussions about the IASCpriorities for 2016shy2017 and migration

6 November 2015 Senior Focal Points PSEA meeting with all IASC agenciesSenior Focal Points

11 December 2015 Principals Meeting

Other Events

SeptembershyOctober 2015 PHAP Special Events Series Practical Dilemmas ofPrincipled Action Please register to participate in the series of twoshyhour live onlinediscussions

1shy2 September 2015 WHS Youth Summit

9shy11 September 2015 WHS Thematic Consultations

14shy16 September 2015 International Conference A Quest for HumanitarianEffectiveness

25shy27 September 2015 United Nations Summit for the Adoption of the Postshy2015Development Agenda

9shy10 October 2015 Humanitarian Congress Berlin

14shy16 October 2015 WHS Global Consultation

26shy27 October 2015 IOM Conference on Migrants and Cities



29shy30 October 2015 International Forum on PublicshyPrivate Partnerships forSustainable Development

30 Novembershy11 December 2015 The United Nations Climate ChangeConference COP21CMP11

8shy10 December 2015 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and RedCrescent

15 December 2015 CERFrsquos annual HighshyLevel Conference

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(UNDAC) team was deployed to Myanmar on 24 August for a period of three to fourweeks The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ms Renata Dessallienexpressed that ldquoour efforts to help households rebuild their livelihoods repairinfrastructure and restore services must be accompanied by measures to reducepeoplersquos vulnerability to future disastersrdquo Chief of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS)Secretariat to step downDr Jemilah Mahmood a doctor and founder of MERCY Malaysia will be stepping downas chief of the WHS Secretariat to take up a senior role in another operational agency asof January 2016 onward Mahmood will see the secretariat through some ldquokey ongoingprocessesrdquo before she leaves including the WHS Global Consultations in October Findout more

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Review of Active L3s by the IASCPrincipalsAd hoc Principals meeting onSecurityWHO ThanksHealthHeroCampaignGlobal Protection Cluster Strategy shySurveyWorld Humanitarian Day

ERC OBrien with displaced children in a hygienesensitisation session in Amran Yemen CreditsOCHA Philippe Kropf

Review of Active L3 Responses by the IASC Principals At their ad hoc meeting on 26 August the IASC Principals reviewed the SystemshyWideLevel Three (L3) Response Activations for Iraq South Sudan and Syria and decided tomaintain the L3 status for all three crises The Principals also agreed to have a morestrategic discussion on the Level 3 concept

IraqOver 8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance as of 16 August Of theUS$498 million requested in humanitarian aid 25 per cent has been funded thus farFunding shortfalls and strict security policies are negatively impacting the provision ofand access to food shelter and nonshyfood items Health services in Kurdistan arestretched by heavy displacement and drinking water and coolboxes remain an urgentpriorityAbout 32 million school aged children lack access to quality education The IASCPrincipals decided to extend the L3 Response for Iraq until the end of 2015 and taskedthe Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) to present their Transition Plan before theDecember 2015 IASC Principals meeting

South SudanAn internationallyshymandated peace agreement was signed between President Kiir andrebels on 26 August World leaders and humanitarian organisations welcomed the dealbut warned it must now be implemented As of 25 August the number of internallydisplaced persons (IDPs) has increased to 16 million IDPs and over 600000 havebecome refugees in neighbouring states Funding remains insufficient and only half of

















































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