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    Agencies in DPR Korea today launched a new Needs & Priorities Plan, urgently seeking $111m to provide 6 million people with life-saving aid. Download here ►

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  2. Jun 19
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  3. After the Mayon Volcano response, Albay continues preparedness efforts for future emergencies. Read more in our June Humanitarian Bulletin:

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  4. Jun 19

    The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT); today (20 June) farewell Osnat Lubrani, UN Resident Coordinator and co - chair of the PHT during her final meeting with the PHT Principals in Suva.

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  5. Jun 19

    Not 1 in a million. Not 1 in a thousand. Not 1 in 500. 1 in every 110 people on the planet has been forced to flee their home.

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  6. Jun 19

    Every 2 seconds, a person is forced to flee their home. 52% of around the 🌍 are children. On Wednesday's & every day, show you stand :

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  7. I am in Myitkyina this week to see first-hand the humanitarian situation in State, or at least the situation in locations I am actually authorized to visit. I am open to suggestions for places to go or people to meet! Please email me: peronp@un.org.

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  8. Weather conditions continue to pose serious risks to refugees in Cox's Bazar and a M6.1 earthquake strikes Osaka . Latest Asia-Pacific snapshot -

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  9. Monsoon has brought major health concerns in camps in for people from . Sodden and unstable hills have collapsed, destroying latrines and carrying toilet sludge through the camps. via

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  10. The way we plan&respond in Asia-Pacific is different. Preparedness plays a critical role if we are to meet the needs of diverse communities &work effectively with response actors at the local, national and regional level. - Markus Werne #

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  11. Jun 11

    2017 saw record humanitarian need but also great achievements. Read our annual report! 👉

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  12. Jun 11

    : About 60,000 people temporarily displaced by conflict in & since Jan 2017. In most cases people returned to places of origin within weeks/months. UN estimates that now a total of 103,000 IDPs in camps & settlements (most since 2011)

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  13. Heavy rains cause flooding and landslides affecting 9,000 people in the Rohingya refugee camps and 39,000 remain displaced in Marawi Latest Asia-Pacific snapshot ➜

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  14. "By using helicopters, we’ve been able to reach the most remote & food insecure communities in isolated mountainous areas cut off by the earthquake." Read about how UN agencies are delivering in

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  15. Jun 6
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  16. Early recovery support is ramping up in Marawi City, where over 208,000 people have returned. Continued assistance to address the humanitarian needs of over 214,000 people who remain displaced will be critical to their long-term recovery.

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  17. Jun 4
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    Honored to be featured in ’s The Column! We talked about importance of coordination & partnerships, the roles of women leaders in emergency response & much more

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  18. Jun 5

    By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than 🐟 Join us on our mission to on today’s World Environment Day! 👉

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  19. A tropical storm makes landfall in damaging hundreds of homes and thousands of people affected by monsoon rains in - all in our weekly Asia-Pacific snapshot

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  20. May 31

    The community in calls for $117 million more in the revised Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) due to the ongoing that has gripped two thirds of the country. More here:

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  21. Due to drought in , the revised Humanitarian Response Plan now seeks US$547M to reach 4.2 million people with emergency & protection assistance in 2018 -

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