MYP History Topic Humanitarian Crises Revision Notes

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Why does inaction matter in humanitarian crises?

Definition

Humanitarian Crisis

A humanitarian crisis is a situation where large numbers of people face serious threats to their life, health, safety, or basic well-being because of events such as conflict, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, or economic collapse.

Humanitarian crises, wars, famines, genocides, displacement, escalate when governments, institutions, or the international community fail to act.
Inaction allows suffering to multiply, violence to spread, and systems to collapse.

Analogy

A humanitarian crisis is like a house fire, if no one responds quickly, it grows too large to control.

Exam technique

Show cause → inaction → escalation → impact on civilians.

How Does Inaction Worsen Crises?

1. Crises grow when governments ignore early warnings

Most crises show warning signs long before they become catastrophic:
1. rising hate speech
2. food shortages
3. failing health systems
4. conflict between groups
5. breakdown of rule of law
When leaders deny or minimise these early problems, they lose precious time to intervene.

Example

Somalia (1991–present)
- In the late 1980s, the Somali government was collapsing:
  - armed groups were forming,
  - food shortages were spreading,
  - local leaders warned of famine.
- No coordinated international response came, and by 1991 the government fell completely.
- This political vacuum led to civil war, warlord rule, and severe famines, including the devastating famine of 2011, which killed around 260,000 people: half of them children.

2. Inaction allows violence and discrimination to escalate

When those in power do nothing, perpetrators feel confident they can act without consequences.

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MYP History Humanitarian Crises Notes

Why does inaction matter in humanitarian crises?

How Does Inaction Worsen Crises?

1. Crises grow when governments ignore early warnings

2. Inaction allows violence and discrimination to escalate

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Why does inaction matter in humanitarian crises?

How Does Inaction Worsen Crises?

1. Crises grow when governments ignore early warnings

2. Inaction allows violence and discrimination to escalate

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Innovation and Social Change4 subtopics

Trade and Global Exchange4 subtopics

Everyday Life in the Modern Era4 subtopics

Health and Medical Developments4 subtopics

Social and Cultural Movements4 subtopics

Ideas and Ideologies4 subtopics

War, Conflict and Peacemaking4 subtopics

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MYP History Humanitarian Crises Notes

The Industrial Revolution5 subtopics

Innovation and Social Change4 subtopics

Trade and Global Exchange4 subtopics

Everyday Life in the Modern Era4 subtopics

Health and Medical Developments4 subtopics

Social and Cultural Movements4 subtopics

Ideas and Ideologies4 subtopics

War, Conflict and Peacemaking4 subtopics

Empires and Supranational Organizations4 subtopics

Nationalist Movements4 subtopics

Civil Rights and Social Protest4 subtopics

Individual Agency in History4 subtopics

Consequences of Inaction4 subtopics

Why does inaction matter in humanitarian crises?

How Does Inaction Worsen Crises?

1. Crises grow when governments ignore early warnings

2. Inaction allows violence and discrimination to escalate

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Why does inaction matter in humanitarian crises?

How Does Inaction Worsen Crises?

1. Crises grow when governments ignore early warnings

2. Inaction allows violence and discrimination to escalate

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