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The Humanitarian Situation Report is a concise public document intended to support thecoordination of humanitarian response in an acute crisis. It pulls together information from all ofthe...
Members of the RRN will be familiar with the terrible drama being played out in Bosnia-Herzegovina through the extensive international media coverage. Though such coverage often focuses on the...
Report of a conference organised by ODI, POLIS at the University of Leeds and CAFOD in London, 1 February 2001. Humanitarian assistance has always been a highly political activity. It has always...
This paper offers a synthesis of ideas debated at a one day seminar examining international responses to humanitarian tragedies. With many regions of the world today caught up in a state of...
The use of military assets in aid delivery has been the subject of controversy within the humanitarian community for many years. Most will be familiar with the reasons: politicisation of aid;...
This Synthesis Report is the outcome of an international collaborative process involving over 40 humanitarian and development cooperation agencies. Individuals involved have come primarily from...
This evaluation is one of five thematic evaluations undertaken by the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) on the international humanitarian response to the tsunami. The other four in the series...
The purpose of this overview on funding flows for the Tsunami is to add value to what is already known. There are a many selective reports on funding flows focusing on one group of donors, or...
This document has been written to assist the shelter Cluster to rapidly determine common shelter programs in response to Cyclone Sidr. As such, the following is a compilation of many of the...
The objectives of humanitarian action are to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity during and in the aftermath of man-made crises and natural disasters, as well as to prevent...