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We, the members of the Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP), a collective voice of global Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and advocates of localization of humanitarian actions, stand in collective solidarity with the people of Lebanon as they face an escalating humanitarian crisis resulting from the war that has raged since 2023. This prolonged violence has inflicted profound suffering on innocent civilians, exacerbated by the international community’s alarming silence and inaction.

نحن، أعضاء "التحالف من أجل تمكين الشراكة" (A4EP) الذي يجمع عددًا من منظّمات المجتمع المدني من جميع أنحاء العالم والجهات الداعية إلى تعزيز الأعمال الإنسانية على المستوى المحلّي، نُعلِن عن تضامننا مع شعب لبنان الذي يُواجِه أزمة إنسانية متصاعدة جرّاء الحرب التي اندلعت منذ عام ٢٠٢٣. يفرض هذا العنف المُطوَّل معاناةً شديدة على المدنيين الأبرياء في ظلِّ صمتٍ وتقاعُسٍ مُريب من المجتمع الدولي.

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Who governs the humanitarian sector?  The answer is often some combination of big donors, the UN system, and the largest international nongovernmental aid agencies.  If these are the actors that govern, then who is being governed?  The answer is often affected populations and national and local agencies.  This pyramid – with a few at the top and many at the bottom – has inspired many calls to reform the sector so that...