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Internal Displacement in Armed Conflict: Facing Up to the Challenges

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This special report examines key issues of protection and assistance affecting displaced people, from prevention of displacement in the first place through the phases that follow when it cannot be averted. It finds that those who stay or host the displaced can be as vulnerable as those who flee, or even more so, as can be those who return. Some who flee may not run directly from fighting or attacks, but from the economic consequences and disrupted access to essential goods and services.The more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on February 02, 2010

Humanitarian assistance: towards building a regional mechanism

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This paper from the Argentine Republic calls for a regional articulation to face emergency and disaster, responding to the needs of many countries in the region, sub-regional bodies and multilateral agencies and bodies. It suggests moving forward in the appointment of a Working Group who will review the existent rules, protocols, working guidelines, and mechanisms, and submit a proposal to the Hemisphere by the end of 2010. It calls upon the Member States to participate actively in evaluating more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on December 10, 2009

Public-Private Partnerships in Humanitarian Relief: An Overview of Some Options for OCHA

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This paper focuses on the main issues relating to the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' work with the private sector as a potential partner in relief and rehabilitation. Presenting "categories" of partnerships in which OCHA has already been engaged in, or which may be useful in the future, the paper considers: • Relationships with service providers• Direct and Indirect contributions of the private sector in support of humanitarian action • The private sector as an actor on more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 13, 2009

AID All in Diary: A Practical Tool for Field Based Humanitarian Workers

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The immediate pressures of working in a disasters environment mean that humanitarian workers can struggle to access the most relevant information needed for the situation in which they are working. The AID All in Diary is designed for use in disaster situations and is specifically aimed at field based humanitarian workers in international and local NGOs. It aims to improve the quality and appropriateness of relief work and offers a comprehensive single source of the most up-to-date humanitarian more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 11, 2009

Conflict analysis

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The chapter is aimed at practitioners in governments, civil society (local and international) and donor organizations concerned with development, humanitarian assistance and peace-building. The chapter may also be of interest to others (eg in the private sector, the diplomatic field, etc). Conflict analysis is the foundation of conflict sensitivity and without a good understanding of the context in which interventions are situated, organizations that support or directly implement them may more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 13, 2009

PHILIPPINES: Aid agencies call for greater access to displaced

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MANILA, 10 September 2008 (IRIN) - Many towns and villages remain beyond the reach of aid agencies in the southern island of Mindanao as additional government forces move into the area to track down Muslim rebels, according to aid agencies. With more than half a million people affected by the fighting, the situation needs to be addressed quickly before it becomes a full-blown humanitarian crisis and the worst to have hit Mindanao in recent history, they say. 'Mindanao has suffered its worst more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 11, 2008

Global food crisis hits Liberia: Why are we waiting to act

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Humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger has published a report about the effects of rising food prices on people living in Monrovia, Liberia. Action Against Hunger is now raising the alarm about the seriousness of the situation. Urgent intervention is needed to prevent the situation from deteriorating any further. The global food crisis, primarily caused by an increase in the price of food and fuel, has been widely reported in recent months, with all parties asserting the importance more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 21, 2008

European solidarity with the victims of humanitarian crises

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Every year, more and more people are the victims of humanitarian crises - whether man-made conflicts or natural disasters. The worst hits are civilians, and in particular the most vulnerable sectors of society. As a result, Europe has an ever more crucial role to play in bringing relief to those who suffer.

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 07, 2008

Preventing corruption in humanitarian assistance

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This report, jointly researched by Transparency International, Tufts University's Feinstein International Center, and the Overseas Development Institute's Humanitarian Policy Group, documents perceptions of corruption in humanitarian operations through interviews with staff of several leading international humanitarian NGOs. The report finds that many humanitarian agencies are aware of corruption risks and have developed a range of strategies to prevent it. Whistleblower policies, codes of more...

Added by Guy Ben-Ari to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 28, 2008

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