art_79__para_2

2. The aim of humanitarian and emergency aid shall be to: save human lives, prevent and alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity in crisis and post-crisis situations; contribute to the financing and delivery of humanitarian aid and to the direct access to it of its intended beneficiaries by all logistical means available; carry out short-term rehabilitation and reconstruction to enable the victims to benefit from a minimum of socioeconomic integration and, as soon as possible, create the conditions for a resumption of development on the basis of long-term objectives; address the needs arising from the displacement of people, such as refugees, displaced persons and returnees, following natural or man-made disasters so as to meet, for as long as necessary, all the needs of refugees and displaced persons, regardless of where they are located, and facilitate action for their voluntary repatriation and re-integration in their country of origin; and assist the OCTs in setting up short term disaster prevention and preparedness mechanisms, including for prediction and early warning, with a view to reducing the consequences of disasters.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.