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U.N. Security Council Passes Resolution Safeguarding Humanitarian Action Across All U.N. Sanctions Regimes

Nearly 222 million people across 53 countries will require humanitarian assistance next year, marking a 25% increase in both need…

December 9, 2022
A view of the U.N. Security Council members signaling their abstention. They sit in an open circle in the U.N.'s New York office.
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Statement on the Need for a Humanitarian Exception in the U.N. Security Council’s 1988 Sanctions Regime

Considering the scheduled U.N. Security Council vote on Wednesday, December 22, at 9:00 a.m. EST, on a humanitarian exception in the…

December 21, 2021
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Open Letter to the United Nations Security Council on the Syria Cross-Border Resolution

The United Nations Security Council has until July 10 to renew the Syria cross-border resolution, which ensures lifesaving U.N. aid…

June 23, 2020
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Joint NGO Statement: Urgent Action is Needed By the U.N. Security Council to Ensure Aid Reaches North East Syria

As the United Nations Security Council meets on May 19, 2020 to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria, a coalition…

May 15, 2020
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InterAction Members Statement on Outcome at the UN Security Council

On Friday, January 10, the U.N. Security Council passed a stripped-down version of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2449 which authorizes…

January 10, 2020
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Statement on UN Security Council Resolution 2449

The following statement was signed by Members of InterAction, the largest alliance of international NGOs and partners in the United…

December 18, 2019
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Joint NGO Submission under National Security Memorandum 20

As humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, it is our experience that the humanitarian response in Gaza, including U.S. funded humanitarian assistance, has been consistently and arbitrarily denied, restricted, and impeded by the Israeli authorities.

March 23, 2024
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InterAction and Refugee Council USA Call for U.S. Leadership on Refugee Resettlement

War in Ukraine and the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan have brought renewed attention to the need for increased U.S.

September 21, 2022
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Conflict-Induced Hunger: Linking the War in Ukraine to the Global Food Insecurity Crisis

Currently, 50 million people worldwide face the risk of famine, a reality exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. After…

August 29, 2022
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New White House Action Plan on Global Water Security Announced

On June 1, Vice President Kamala Harris announced the rollout of a new White House Action Plan on…

June 3, 2022