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A greater understanding of why civilians are targeted in conflict is vital to protecting them argues Hugo Slim

Last year, I found myself watching an early round of the African football cup finals on the television at the Acholi Inn in Gulu, Northern Uganda. Next to me was a former senior leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army who had said he might give me an interview Read More

posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:23 AM by Hugo Slim | 3 Comments

Yet another arrogant move? MSF’s stance on its relationship with the rest of the international aid system

In a recent position paper MSF posed itself the question “…. what will better serve the populations in need: will MSF’s independent approach be beneficial to the most vulnerable at the end of the line? Or on the contrary, …is it indeed the collective Read More

posted Monday, September 03, 2007 9:04 AM by Eric Stobbaerts | 2 Comments

The frustrations of CERF. Toby Porter on how predictable financing has turned into less predictable funds for agencies on the ground.

A new round of pledges to the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) this December is an encouraging sign of donor commitment to providing greater and more predictable financing for humanitarian assistance. However, all changes Read More

posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:23 PM by Toby Porter | 7 Comments

Coopted by the UN? Time for NGOs to take up the challenge, argues Eva von Oelreich

Disparate NGOs or Co-opted by UN - Where is the debate? In a recent paper on the Future of Humanitarian Action Peter Walker from the Feinstein International Center at Read More

posted Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:46 PM by Eva von Oelreich | 3 Comments