Humanitarian crisis
Humaniatarian crisis is the name for one or more related events that threaten the health, safety or well-being of a large group of people.[1] A humanitarian crisis may be the result of a conflict. Depending on the crisis, local or national authorities or the international community needs to react to resolve the crisis.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the specific sectors affected. This can result in either short-term or long-term damage. Humanitarian crises can either be natural disasters, human-made disasters or complex emergencies. In such cases, complex emergencies occur as a result of several factors or events that prevent a large group of people from accessing their fundamental needs, such as food, clean water or safe shelter.[2]
Common causes of humanitarian crises are wars, epidemics, famine, natural disasters, energy crises and other major emergencies.[3] If a crisis causes large movements of people it could also become a refugee crisis. For these reasons, humanitarian crises are often interconnected and complex and several national and international agencies play roles in the repercussions of the incidences.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "What Is a Humanitarian Crisis" Archived 16 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Humanitarian Coalition, Retrieved on 6 May 2013.
- ↑ So experts exclude that to address such crises it is possible to deny essential goods or pledging any action not to alleviate the suffering:if it continues too long, people will get violent.Humanitarian Experts Debate Trump's Use Of The Term 'Humanitarian Crisis', NPR24, January 9, 2019 Archived 10 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Humanitarian workshop flyer" Archived 14 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 7 May 2013.
