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GAZA STRIP: Famine Review Committee Alert
Key Messages:
- The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating.
- There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip.
- Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors who are directly taking part in the conflict, or have influence on its conduct, to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation.
This FRC alert is issued to express concern about an imminent and substantial likelihood of famine occurring, due to the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip. While an IPC update will be conducted, this Alert serves to draw immediate attention on the need to take urgent action to alleviate this humanitarian catastrophe in areas of the northern Gaza Strip.
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About the Famine Review Committee (FRC)
The FRC is an ad hoc specialized committee consisting of a panel of international technical experts in the areas of food security, livelihoods, nutrition and health. The committee is activated by the IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) when there is a need to independently review IPC analysis findings to support quality assurance and technical consensus building in situations when there is a potential or already identified IPC Famine classification or a breakdown in consensus regarding a potential IPC Famine classification. The FRC provides recommendations to the IPC country Technical Working Group (TWG) or analysis team, and the IPC GSU serves as the chair, secretariat and provides coordination support to the FRC.
The FRC was established in 2014 and was originally called the Emergency Review Committee (ERC). Since its inception, the FRC has conducted Famine Reviews in various contexts, including for Ethiopia, the Gaza Strip, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen.
Learn more about the IPC Famine Review Committee
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