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It is essential to avoid any further escalation in the Middle East, in particular following the attacks from Iran targeting Israel. At this crucial time, we yet again call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
![Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Area, Iryna Vereshchuk.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/hdl%20som%20ukraine_0.jpg?h=3f0782d9&itok=oEL58e_q)
This high-level meeting brought together key humanitarian actors and donors, but also local Ukrainian institutions, to assess how to ensure effective aid delivery in the given circumstances.
![Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission, on the left, and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis management](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Josep%20Borrell%20Fontelles%20and%20Janez%20Lenar%C4%8Di%C4%8D%20press%20room.jpg?h=8555f670&itok=nAQU_ID3)
On the occasion of the High-Level Pledging Conference, the EU expresses its solidarity with the people of Ethiopia, which continue to be heavily affected by multiple and sometimes overlapping crises, including conflicts, climate extremes, diseases and economic shocks.
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1 year since the outbreak of conflict in Sudan, the EU co-hosted today with France and Germany the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and neighbouring countries.
![EU sends emergency aid to Ukraine after further attacks on energy infrastructure](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/EU_sends_emergency_aid_to_Ukraine_after_further_attacks_on_energy_infrastructure_2_0.jpg?h=d09b6c17&itok=IOfRkQGG)
Following a series of targeted missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure by Russia at the end of March, Ukraine's power supply has suffered significant damage.
![Commission statement on Israeli commitments related to the opening of further humanitarian aid access points](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Commission%20statement%20on%20Israeli%20commitments%20related%20to%20the%20opening%20of%20further%20humanitarian%20aid%20access%20points.jpg?h=9bce73f6&itok=CDT82o9U)
The European Commission takes note of Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement to open further humanitarian aid access points into Gaza, following his phone call with US President Biden, in particular the commitments to open the Ashdod port, as well as the Erez crossing to let aid flow directly...
![Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission, on the left, and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis management](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Josep%20Borrell%20Fontelles%20and%20Janez%20Lenar%C4%8Di%C4%8D%20press%20room.jpg?h=8555f670&itok=nAQU_ID3)
The killing by the Israeli Defence Forces of seven members of a humanitarian team of World Central Kitchen, while they were travelling to deliver food to the most vulnerable in Gaza, is appalling.
![View of a lake, in the foreground an aid worker carrying a vest with the european emblem.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/disaster%20management%20system%20main%20page_0.jpg?itok=pftDB9RB)
The report focuses on Ireland's implementation of the EU Disaster Resilience Goals. Its main goal is to strengthen Ireland's risk assessment methodology, integrating foresight and forecasting into it to better assess emergent risks.
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The Commission is financing the purchase of new firefighting planes to increase the aerial firefighting capacity of rescEU, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism's strategic crisis response reserve.
![Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič and Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation and of Major Cities, Caroline Gennez in front of the EHF visual.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/hdl%20ehf%202024%201903.jpg?h=8555f670&itok=Fd4WVo6W)
The third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum concluded today in Brussels, co-organised by the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the EU.