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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: The Top UN Humanitarian Official Discusses the Crisis in Yemen
Description: Mark Lowcock is the top humanitarian official at the United Nations, serving as the Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and the UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator.  When a manmade or natural disaster strikes, his UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which is known by its acronym OCHA, is the focal point for managing and coordinating the international humanitarian response, including getting food, shelter, medicines and other life saving needs to people affected by the crisis.  As Mark Lowcock explains, the UN and the constellation of NGOs that coordinate their actions through his office are very good at r...