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The last decade of crises have caused widespread human suffering and put great demands on our Office, prompting us to develop an effective and speedy response mechanism. We have established a revolving internal roster that ensures the deployment of UNHCR staff within 72 hours. Standby arrangements with external agencies for rapid deployment of their staff have also been created. We have devised and implemented staff training, as well as specific management tools to maintain our readiness to respond quickly and effectively to emergency situations. To address humanitarian needs urgently, a centralised stockpile of goods has been assembled, which includes governmental packages of humanitarian assistance.