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Haiti + 27 = 28 Countries in Crisis
February 4, 2010As global attention focuses on efforts to provide life-saving support to the people of Haiti, UNICEF today released its Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) 2010. This annual report spotlights the most severe crises impacting children and women around the world and includes an appeal for additional assistance. "Haiti was one of the countries UNICEF classified as 'in crisis' when the Humanitarian Action Report went to press, even before the earthquake hit," said Hilde F. Johnson, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director. "Faced with multiple hurricanes, in addition to civil unrest, the country was still in need of humanitarian assistance. "The earthquake is a horrific example of another double disaster -- destroying the lives and livelihoods of the Haitian people and crippling the very infrastructure and systems needed for humanitarian actions to be effective," said Johnson. Full release.