Governments have failed to respond effectively to disasters
 In a year of unprecedented natural disasters, governments around the world have failed to respond adequately and lives have been lost as a result, according to a new briefing paper from Oxfam. The number of people affected by disasters has risen dramatically in the last ten years, and the international humanitarian response to these emergencies has been "uneven, often late and sometimes inefficient". The paper also notes that much of the response is too often dictated by the media profile of the disaster, rather than humanitarian need. Oxfam has called for governments to commit an extra US$1 billion into a UN emergency fund, to ensure a fast and effective response to future crises.
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