SYDNEY -- A new rapid response initiative aimed at providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Pacific stands to boost coordination and increase efficiency by lessening the chance of aid being delivered in a haphazard fashion, officials and experts say.
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Officials participate in the South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, which endorsed a new rapid response humanitarian assistance and disaster relief initiative. © Rodney Braithwaite/Australian Government Department of Defence
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