Sentence examples for humanitarian spheres from inspiring English sources

EU policy on childrens rights was further consolidated in May 2008 through the promotion and protection of the rights of the child in the European Union's external action in development and humanitarian spheres.

In both the development and humanitarian spheres interviewees expressed the sense that UNICEF has the capacity to contribute still more than it has; that it could and should provide the leadership to push the system to the next level of system coherence.

Despite its own severe economic hardships and limited resources at home, Italy deserves its fair share of credit in the international humanitarian sphere.

A wide network of partners in both the development and humanitarian sphere will be needed to address these knowledge and action gaps in complex humanitarian fields and together to improve maternal and neonatal health and survival, especially amongst the women and newborns who are most at risk.

Beyond the medical-humanitarian sphere, other health actors may aspire to contribute to health systems development or wider effects outside the health sector, such as state legitimacy or peace building.

Epidemiological approaches have contributed to increasing accountability within the humanitarian sector, with most organisations today referring to agreed indicators outlined by such initiatives as the Sphere Project to guide their interventions [ 6].

According to the survey results, the rate of global acute malnutrition (GAM) among children under five remains above the 10 per cent alert level as per the humanitarian minimum Sphere standards, with regional disparities ranging from 10.4 per cent in Niger's capital Niamey to 16.7 per cent in the Diffa region.

A shelter made from steel, wood, bricks, straw, or plastic can fulfill the same minimum requirement that has been set for humanitarian work (The Sphere Project 2012).

Examples include the Hyogo Framework, the Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards, the ISO 9000 series, ISO Societal Security and NFPA 1600.

A constituency by coercion forms when a political actor places itself within the humanitarian organisation's sphere of influence and seeks to persuade the humanitarian organisation to adhere to their goals via force or threats.

In this mode, a constituency becomes an accepted part of a humanitarian organisation's sphere of influence through a process of agreement that is reached by each side making concessions.