COVID-19 and Humanitarian Crises
- This document examines the impact of COVID-19 on humanitarian crises around the world and outlines the United Nations' COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan.
- The report contains information regarding donor countries who have been called on to aid this response plan, how the pandemic has restricted ongoing and prior humanitarian responses, and how the pandemic has ultimately worsened the already unstable state of many countries.
Citation
Goody, Allison. COVID-19 and Humanitarian Crises. Library of Parliament, 2020. https://hillnotes.ca/2020/08/26/covid-19-and-humanitarian-crises/
Further Readings
List of funding towards the UN's COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan (including Canada-specific funding): https://fts.unocha.org/appeals/952/flows?f%5B0%5D=sourceOrganizationIdName%3A2928%3ACanada%2C%20Government%20of
List of total Canadian humanitarian funding for the COVID-19 emergency (including Canada-specific funding): https://fts.unocha.org/emergencies/911/flows/2020?f%5B0%5D=sourceOrganizationIdName%3A2928%3ACanada%2C%20Government%20of
Overlapping Topics
International Relations
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Policy Type
Editorial