Mr. Slim said it is legal and ethically acceptable for humanitarian agencies to pursue cross-border assistance in cases such as Syria.
Author: Jérémie Labbé
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Mr. Maurer discusses the current humanitarian landscape including ICRC’s choice to work with the Syrian government to provide aid.
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How to reach Syria’s opposition-held areas has caused sharp debate within humanitarian organizations.
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No longer a small activity on the margins of crisis, humanitarian action has grown tenfold over the past 20 years, and, along with it, new challenges.
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As the crisis in Syria worsens, funding for humanitarian aid is not keeping pace.
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Though military intervention in northern Mail is not imminent, it is worthwhile to examine what would be the humanitarian fallout.
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David Gressly, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, says governments and donors responded early enough to the food and nutrition crisis in the region that it will be contained for 2012. “I think we’ve now gotten through most of the lean season, which is the period of the greatest risk, without major problems,” he […]
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What humanitarian challenges face Somalia following the 2011 food crisis?
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An IPI roundtable discussion prepares grassroots organizations for the UN Security Council’s annual Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict.
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Mr. Keating discusses the challenges in leading of the biggest humanitarian case loads in the world, and changes he has seen over the years.