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These Guidelines are non-binding. While it is hoped that States will make use of them to strengthen their laws, policies and/or procedures related to international disaster response, as...
The concept of human rights is increasingly being invoked in the context of humanitarian relief, often in reaction to the frustration of attempts to bring relief assistance to civilian populations...
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...
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;...
World Food Programme Emergency Response training
Adopted by the XXIst International Conference of the Red Cross (Istanbul, 1969) - revised by the XXIInd, XXIIIrd, XXIVth, XXVth and XXVIth International Conferences - Tehran (1973), Bucharest (...
• The flooding and associated devastation that have battered Pakistan since late July 2010 present
yet another series of challenges to its government, already contending with violence from...
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...
Evaluation of the Linkage of Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD) Regarding Interventions in Connection with the Tsunami Disaster in December 2004'This report was commissioned by...
This thematic brief presents the main challenges in early recovery efforts as international aid actors try to
link relief to development. The brief begins with a general discussion of early...