Sentence examples for immediate humanitarian emergency from inspiring English sources

Germany's outgoing interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, noted that Sweden, with a population of only 9m, took 30,000 asylum-seekers last year.Where there is a real and immediate humanitarian emergency is on Tunisia's border with Libya.

"Even as we tackle the immediate humanitarian emergency – that is literally to save and rescue people, bring them back to land, get them the care that they need and treat them appropriately – we also have to get at the underlying conditions".

The humanitarian emergency requires immediate international response to ensure families have access to food and are able to treat malnourished children.

The overall effects of profound economic shocks can be devastating – pushing a family from chronic vulnerability to immediate humanitarian need overnight when an emergency occurs.

It is increasingly recognized that tackling an emergency by solely covering immediate humanitarian needs will not provide a sustainable solution.

SUVA, 1 October 2009 - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific office based in Suva, Fiji has mobilised its emergency response team following the Pacific tsunami and will provide immediate humanitarian assistance to Samoa and Tonga.

The letter appeals to EU leaders to go beyond the 10-point plan agreed by foreign and interior ministers on Monday and instead calls for an immediate restoration of expansive rescue operations "with a mandate and level of funding that match the humanitarian emergency that confronts us".

International responses to these crises have generally focused on addressing immediate humanitarian needs, as evidenced by the growing share of food aid that is channelled to emergencies.

UNICEF will take part in the United Nations rapid emergency assessment team in Gaza, and will issue a flash appeal for extra financial help to meet immediate humanitarian needs in the coming days.

"This is a critical humanitarian emergency".

Aid officials have warned of an unfolding humanitarian emergency.