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In October 1995, ExCom established a Standing Committee (see A/AC.96/860) to replace sub‑committees on international protection and on administrative and financial matters.

The chairing of the Standing Committee is shared by the ExCom Chairperson and the Vice‑Chairpersons. The Standing Committee is scheduled to meet three times a year.

At its periodic meetings, the Standing Committee examines thematic issues included by the plenary in its programme of work, reviews UNHCR’s activities and programmes in the different regions (as well as its global programmes), adopts appropriate decisions and conclusions on issues included by the plenary in its programme of work, and discusses other issues that it deems of concern.

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A girl holds a baby surrounded by her family and their luggage at a transit point near the South Sudanese border.

A family of returning South Sudanese refugees wait at a UNHCR transit centre at the Joda border point, Renk, South Sudan.

All the neighbouring countries impacted by this new emergency were already hosting large numbers of refugees and internally displaced people on insufficient and dwindling levels of humanitarian funding. At the same time, countries like Chad and South Sudan (the two least developed countries in the world) were battling hunger, insecurity, and the impacts of climate change.

Now the conflict is disrupting trade and supply chains, pushing up the costs of food and fuel.

Those crossing borders, most of them women and children, are arriving in urgent need of food, water, shelter, healthcare and basic items like blankets, cooking utensils and soap. Psychosocial support for parents and children who have witnessed or experienced appalling violence is another priority, as is putting mechanisms in place to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.