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Letter to President Biden on the U.N. Food Systems Summit
An elevated focus on global food systems is needed now more than ever. In 2020, global hunger rose by…
July 23, 2021
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InterAction Statement on Looming Threat of Famine in Tigray
Considering the rapidly-deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, InterAction released the following statement: The United Nations (U.N.) is…
June 4, 2021
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Central African Republic: Neglected Crisis & Three Things to Know
The Central African Republic (CAR) “is now the most dangerous place for humanitarian work” – Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace…
April 27, 2021
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The Role of Global Civil Society in Supporting a Genuinely Transformative, Inclusive & Ambitious G7
We are facing the largest global crisis in a generation. The COVID-19 pandemic, and all its consequences, will shape our…
April 20, 2021
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New InterAction Research Confirms Global Counter-Terror Efforts Harm and Curtail the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid
In the aftermath of 9/11, efforts to combat and counter-terrorist activities (C.T.) have been a foreign policy priority for governments,…
April 6, 2021
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How to Turbocharge the Peace Process in Afghanistan
I am the country director for a large American humanitarian organization working in Afghanistan that has been providing emergency and…
March 30, 2021
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Letter on Appointing the Next Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We write to you as major consortia of non-governmental organizations responding to crises around the world to…
February 16, 2021
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An International Human Rights Approach to Eradicating COVID-19
The race to develop and put on the market a COVID-19 vaccine is gathering pace. While it seems like there…
January 7, 2021
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InterAction’s Top 10 Stories of 2020
A lot has happened over the past 366 days. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the humanitarian aid and…
December 31, 2020
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Commemorating Human Rights Day
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they…
December 10, 2020
