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As Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne put it:“The emergency Budget in June was the moment when fiscal credibility was restored.
A permanent fund securing education for children in emergency situations is long overdue.
At the onset of an emergency, the fund would swiftly assess where dispossessed children are, develop a strategy, and put in place a plan to provide education for them.
Rather, it signals a change in how we meet the challenges of an emergency.
The only reason the country has not long since defaulted on its debts is that the European Central Bank continues to provide funds to the Greek central bank through its emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) scheme.
It is time that the IMF returns to its basic and needed function: monitoring the international monetary system, and perhaps making a few emergency loans.
Recently, after an emergency meeting in Brussels, US President Barack Obama announced that a “regular NATO presence” would be established in the “vulnerable” member countries of Eastern Europe – an important step toward bolstering NATO’s role in the region.
In 2013, less than 2% of emergency aid went to education and learning opportunities.
That begins with acceptance of a basic truth: that learning is not only a critical element of relief for every child in an emergency, but also a crucial investment in the future development of their societies.
Ever since Japan dispatched minesweepers to the Persian Gulf after the Gulf War in 1991, the Self-Defense Forces have been expanding their activities beyond Japan and its immediate vicinity to include international peacekeeping missions, emergency relief operations, multilateral military exercises, and naval refueling support in the Indian Ocean.
And last week, when Brussels faced a terrorist attack on its airport and a metro station, the emergency services personnel chose the same word, calling for the treating of “war wounds.”
Consider organizations that regulate medical licenses or administer medical emergency relief funds.
India debated this question 40 years ago, when then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency.
The so-called “food crisis” of 2008 was not really a crisis in the sense of a condition that can be resolved by the quick application of emergency measures.
Furthermore, the economic war is making it almost impossible for Ukraine to deal with the humanitarian emergency that Russian aggression has caused: more than 6,000 citizens killed, tens of thousands injured, and 1.3 million people internally displaced.
Nor do they explain whether that obligation could be suspended in an emergency, as in those earlier eras.
Strengthening the provision of antenatal care, ensuring safe delivery through skilled birth attendance, and expanding emergency obstetric care are all key interventions that can reduce MMRs across the region.
Invoking a supreme emergency - the need to fight a communist threat, the defense of a socialist revolution, the protection of vital national or ethnic interests, or the upholding of God's will - is the time-honored excuse for the indefinite imposition of tyrannical rule.
The expectation that governments will tend to abuse emergency powers is enshrined in the very text of international human rights norms.
Human rights treaties allow for the suspension of some rights only if: (a) there is an officially proclaimed emergency which vitally threatens the life or security of the nation; (b) the measures adopted are required by the exigencies of the situation; and (c) the measures are applied only to the extent and for the time that are strictly demanded by the situation.
Although it will not solve the TB crisis overnight, it is a chance finally to elevate TB to the World Health Organization-designated status of a “public health emergency of international concern,” as was done in wake of the Ebola and Zika outbreaks.
Egypt’s military-backed government has extended the state of emergency, and Iraq is witnessing a surge in sectarian violence, with more than 5,000 civilians killed and almost 14,000 wounded so far this year.
One year ago, in Maputo, Mozambique, for example, African health ministers declared TB a “regional emergency” and lined up behind a new “Global Plan to Stop TB,” which includes specific targets and guidelines for addressing TB/HIV co-infection.
The resurgence of TB has become a grave health emergency, and the world can no longer afford to be lethargic in addressing it.
It is essential, in particular, to create reliable large-scale financing for developing countries during crises, through a mix of counter-cyclical issuance of SDRs and emergency financing without onerous conditions.
Even democratic India was placed under emergency rule from 1975 to 1977, and nonviolent critics of government policies were imprisoned.
Policy levers – both benchmark interest rates and central banks’ balance sheets – remain at their emergency settings, even though the emergency ended long ago.
That collective failure is, naturally, aided and abetted by the Greek state’s perpetual lack of preparedness: its failure to clear fields and forests of accumulated kindling during the winter and spring, for example, or to establish and maintain emergency escape routes for residents.
Another 20% would be allocated for essential drugs, medication, and supplies; 15% would be spent on facilities, research laboratories, and transportation; 10% would go toward staffing; and 5% would be earmarked for emergency services.
The bill would guarantee a basic health package for all Nigerians, and requires universal acceptance of accident and other emergency cases by all health facilities, both public and private.
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