#121, The G|O Briefing, December 8, 2022
The resilience of multilateralism | Lula's government is taking shape–and it's good news for Geneva | We need to rethink how to produce food
HUMANITARIAN AID
Humanitarian aid at the nexus between development, rights, security, and emergency
The collapse of Haiti—a country that has received billions of dollars for over a decade—is the cautionary tale of an overall system that is overstretched, inadequately funded in terms of prevention, and limited in capacity to respond in a timely manner.
Making the Most of the Summit of the Future
Lolwah Al-Khater and Brian Finlay | To shore up struggling multilateral governance institutions, the UN has planned a “Summit of the Future." For it to succeed, it will need to produce a meaningful Declaration on Future Generations, a comprehensive Global Digital Compact, and a New Agenda for Peace.
Humanitarian aid at the nexus between development, human rights, security, and emergency relief
The UN has already warned that the need for humanitarian aid would skyrocket worldwide and would reach an all-time, as the pandemic, climate change, and conflict could push millions of people into poverty and famine.
#114 The G|O Briefing, October 20, 2022
"Ukraine and the West will never defeat Russia," Russian Ambassador in Geneva says | The UN reviews its humanitarian strategy
America’s Afghan Imperative
Charles A. Kupchan and Douglas Lutte |The United States may have lost the war in Afghanistan, but it can still salvage the peace.
How news coverage influences countries’ emergency aid budgets—new research
Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel Bunce | Does news coverage really make a material difference to the amount of humanitarian aid a crisis receives? Or are we confusing correlation with causation?
#81, The G|O Briefing, January 13, 2022
How news coverage influences countries’ emergency aid budgets - Geneva diplomats' take-aways on Ukraine meeting - Like forecasts? We have 73 for you!
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The Influence of News Coverage on Humanitarian Aid: The Bureaucrats’ Perspective
The researchers examine if and how news coverage influences governments’ humanitarian aid allocations, from the perspective of the senior bureaucrats involved in such decision-making.
Terrified local UN staff left to the Taliban’s mercy
This is an onsite edited excerpt of the G|O Briefing newsletter
Is the UN local staff in Kabul being forgotten and put at risk? Some former UN senior colleagues of the approximately 3000 local staffers fear so, and have written a letter to Antonio Guterres asking him to act