U.N. Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator Izumi Nakamitsu heads UNDP’s crisis response unit. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/108248/rss en Laws & Policy Wed, 28 Dec 2016 13:08:05 +0000 Izumi Nakamitsu https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/28/why-we-can-hope-for-better-crisis-response-in-2017 https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/28/why-we-can-hope-for-better-crisis-response-in-2017 Izumi Nakamitsu, head of crisis response at the U.N. Development Programme, highlights some of the progress made in humanitarian response last year – and outlines some steps to making sure that pledges of reform actually happen.