Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Yemen
Highlights
The global humanitarian response in 2014 aims to reach at least 52 million people with essential life-saving assistance in 17 affected countries.
There has been significant advance in reducing disaster risk in the region since the adoption, in 2005, of the International Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015.