Global Shelter Cluster: 2020 Achievements Report
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GLOBAL SHELTER CLUSTER (GSC)
Co-led by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the GSC is a platform of shelter and settlement partners. Its mission is to support crisis-affected people to live in safe, dignified and appropriate shelter and settlements. The GSC and country Shelter Clusters work collectively with national response actors to support people affected by natural disasters and conflict with timely, effective and predictable shelter and settlement responses.
Since the Cluster Approach was rolled out in 2006 the GSC has worked with an ever-growing range of partners. There is growing recognition that shelter and settlement responses not only provide physical dwellings but also stable foundations to rebuild lives and support a range of multi-sectoral outcomes. Building on its commitment to partnership, the GSC is implemen
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The United States is still seeing an increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, especially among younger people who haven t gotten a vaccine. However, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky did point out death rates are going down. That s cold comfort considering more than 562,000 people in the US have now died of the virus. China is in a tight spot after the country s top health official admitted efficacy rates for Chinese Covid-19 vaccines are not high. He suggested either increasing doses or mixing with other vaccines to improve performance. India just crossed the threshold of 100 million vaccinations, but the country is still contending with record case numbers. Canadians in Montreal are protesting a new curfew put into effect to curb Covid-19 numbers, while in the UK, officials are lauding the slow rollback of restrictio
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Massaquoi trial quietly begins hearings in Freetown
Massaquoi is being prosecuted in Finland for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Liberia. 3 min read
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the Sierra Leonean former Revolutionary United Front commander, will begin hearings in Sierra Leone on Friday.
The trial, being held by a court from Finland where Massaquoi was resettled in return for aiding prosecutors in the Special Court for Sierra Leone, has attracted little attention in Sierra Leone.
Local news outlets have published reporting by Finnish and Liberian journalists when the trial held hearings in those two countries but there has been little interest shown by Sierra Leoneans.
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