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Humanitarian tragedies occur every day of the year in all corners of the world, claiming lives and leaving in their wake material devastation and untold suffering. This United Nations Report describes how the basic mechanisms of humanitarian coordination have evolved and details the international response to major humanitarian emergencies and major natural disasters in 1996 and the first quarter of 1997. It also analyses several of the continuing challenges which confront the international humanitarian community including: the consequences of anti-personnel landmines, the special needs of internally-displaced persons and moving beyond humanitarian relief to support the longer-term goals of sustainable political, economic and social development.
