Humanitarian emergencies

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Guidance and regulation

1. Humanitarian Response Funding Guidelines for NGOs
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for International Development
2. International Humanitarian Law and the UK government
   • Guidance
   • 24 July 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Briefing paper: Violence against Women and Girls in Humanitarian Emergencies
   • Guidance
   • 17 January 2014
   • Department for International Development
4. Joint NGO statement at international conference to defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone
   • Notice
   • 2 October 2014
   • Department for International Development
5. Forum on protracted forced displacement: co-hosts summary
   • Guidance
   • 15 April 2016
   • Department for International Development

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News and communications

26 March 2019 — Authored article

Yemen crisis won’t be solved by UK arms exports halt: article by Jeremy Hunt

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

1. UK health team fly to Mozambique to help after Cyclone Idai
   • 24 March 2019
   • Department for International Development
   • Press release
2. RAF aircraft to fly vital UK aid relief to Mozambique
   • 24 March 2019
   • Department for International Development and Ministry of Defence
   • Press release
3. UK aid to fly heavy-lifting gear to cyclone-hit airport in Mozambique
   • 22 March 2019
   • Department for International Development
   • Press release
4. Charity regulator encourages safer giving for Cyclone Idai Appeal
   • 22 March 2019
   • The Charity Commission
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. DFID response to ICAI recommendations on: The UK’s Approach to Funding the UN Humanitarian System
   • 12 February 2019
   • Department for International Development
   • Independent report
2. DFID response to ICAI recommendations on: the UK’s humanitarian support to Syria
   • 5 July 2018
   • Department for International Development
   • Independent report
3. What works in addressing violence against women and girls? Lessons from the Typhoon Haiyan response
   • 4 June 2015
   • Department for International Development
   • Research
4. DFID management response ICAI UNRWA Report
   • 16 October 2013
   • Department for International Development
   • Independent report
5. DFID management response to the ICAI recommendations on DFID’s humanitarian emergency response in the Horn of Africa progress update March 2013
   • 2 April 2013
   • Department for International Development
   • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Performance Agreement: between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International International Committee of the Red Cross
   • 3 July 2018
   • Department for International Development
   • Policy paper
2. Performance Agreement: between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
   • 3 July 2018
   • Department for International Development
   • Policy paper
3. Performance agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Red Cross
   • 3 July 2018
   • Department for International Development
   • Policy paper
4. UK government’s Humanitarian Reform Policy
   • 13 October 2017
   • Department for International Development
   • Policy paper
5. Ministerial discussion on Syria, 18 September 2017: joint statement
   • 22 September 2017
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Factsheet: The UK's humanitarian aid response to the Syria crisis
   • 25 February 2019
   • Department for International Development
   • Transparency
2. UK National Committee on International Humanitarian Law: terms of reference
   • 24 July 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Corporate report
3. Department for International Development single departmental plan
   • 23 May 2018
   • Department for International Development
   • Corporate report
4. Iraq crisis: UK humanitarian response factsheet
   • 5 December 2017
   • Department for International Development
   • Transparency
5. UK government support for countries worst hit by Hurricane Sandy
   • 21 November 2012
   • Department for International Development
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for International Development
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Ministry of Defence
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Department of Health & Social Care

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1. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
2. Cabinet Office
3. Government Office for Science
4. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
5. Public Health England
6. HM Treasury
7. Home Office
8. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

1. The Charity Commission