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Health Care in Danger – a global challenge. Every day health workers face one of the most serious and yet unacknowledged humanitarian challenges of our times. Patients and medical workers are attacked, ambulances are obstructed, hospitals are shelled and violent intrusions disrupt the working of clinics, dispensaries and first aid stations. These are daily occurrences which endanger the delivery of effective and impartial health care. There are many challenges and the health care community has a central role in addressing them. A one-day symposium in London on Health Care in Danger, hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross,…

The 4th edition of The Essential Field Guide to Afghanistan is now in production. Edited by journalists Edward Girardet and William Dowell, this new version includes many of the top writers and experts on Afghanistan: Ahmed Rashid, Christina Lamb, Lyse Doucet, Anthony Fitzherbert, Whitney Azoy, Jolyon Leslie, Norah Niland, Nick Mills, Peter Jouvenal, Ali Wardak, Ewen MacCleod, John Butt, Emanuel Tronc, Shuja Nawaz, Jean McKenzie, Peter Foot and others, plus various contributing Afghan reporters. The fully-revised English language version (we are planning a Dari edition at the request of numerous Afghans) will be available both in print and in electronic…

La primera edición de este Informe de Buena Práctica sobre La Gestión de la Seguridad de las Operaciones en Entornos Violentos (‘Good Practice Review on Operational Security Management in Violent Environments’), conocido también como GPR 8, fue publicado en 2000 en inglés y francés. Desde entonces el documento ha cobrado gran influencia en la gestión de la seguridad de las operaciones humanitarias, y tiene el mérito de haber incrementado un mayor entendimiento de la buena práctica en este campo en toda la comunidad de organizaciones involucradas en operaciones humanitarias. Aunque gran parte del Informe original, GPR 8, continúa siendo válido,…

La première édition de cette Revue des bonnes pratiques sur la Gestion opérationnelle de la sécurité dans des contextes violents (également appelée RBP 8) a été publiée en 2000. Elle est, depuis, un document novateur en matière de gestion de la sécurité opérationnelle humanitaire et on lui attribue d’avoir facilité la compréhension des bonnes pratiques dans ce domaine pour l’ensemble de la communauté des organisations opérationnelles. Elle a présenté des concepts fondamentaux de gestion de la sécurité et a mis en relief les bonnes politiques et pratiques des diverses approches de la sécurité opérationnelle dans les contextes humanitaires. Bien qu’une…

7 December 2010 15:00-17:00 (GMT+00) - Public event, Overseas Development Institute and screened live online Since the publication of the first edition of Good Practice Review 8 on Operational Security Management in Violent Environments a decade ago, the global security environment has changed significantly. New conflict contexts have created new sources of threat to international humanitarian action. Increasing violence against aid workers and their operations, including more kidnappings and lethal attacks, has had serious implications for humanitarian relief work in insecure contexts. Meanwhile, agencies themselves have become much more conscious of the need to provide for the safety and security…

Today the context of aid work has changed substantially, as has the way agencies manage their security and seek to keep their staff and assets safe. New conflicts have created new sources of threat. Increasing violence against aid workers and their operations, including more kidnappings and lethal attacks, has had serious implications for relief work. Equally, though, aid agencies have made significant progress in their understanding of the risks they face and the types of personnel and resources they need to mitigate them. To capture these changes, the Humanitarian Practice Network has produced a revised edition of Good Practice Review 8,…

Since the publication of the first edition of Good Practice Review 8 on Operational Security Management in Violent Environments a decade ago, the global security environment has changed significantly. New conflict contexts have created new sources of threat to international humanitarian action. Increasing violence against aid workers and their operations, including more kidnappings and lethal attacks, has had serious implications for humanitarian relief work in insecure contexts. Meanwhile, agencies themselves have become much more conscious of the need to provide for the safety and security of their staff.To reflect these changes, the Humanitarian Practice Network has published a new version of GPR…

Integration remains one of the most controversial issues in debates among humanitarians and between them and their colleagues in the peacekeeping, political and development areas. But many of these debates do not reflect recent developments, particularly in the UN context; instead, they tend to perpetuate a number of myths and misperceptions. This article  provides an overview of recent policy developments and addresses some of the more persistent sources of confusion. It explains that the UN’s policy on integration is much less rigid than is generally assumed, and shows that some of the arguments still being made against integration have been…

Over one million people live in Karamoja, a region found in the north Eastern part of Uganda. To a visitor passing through from the capital city Kampala, Karamoja may look like any other region in Uganda but appearances can be deceptive. The region is characterised by the worst humanitarian and development indicators in Uganda. The problem of underdevelopment in Karamoja is often characterised as a ‘cultural’ problem, however, this needs to be understood within the delicate livelihood systems that operate within the region. The people of Karamoja have traditionally based their livelihood on agro-pastoralism. Like many other pastoral societies in…

The UN Secretary-General’s recent remarks on staff security[1], in light of serious assaults in Kabul and Islamabad, addressed a general trend towards deadly targeted attacks on UN facilities and personnel. An urgent review of security measures and “overall exposure” is underway. The UN comprehensive approach involves temporary removal of non-core staff from Afghanistan and Pakistan; closer cooperation with military actors to enhance the security of staff whilst maintaining access; firmer pressure on states to provide protection and space to UN staff; supported by measures designed to harden the target. The Secretary-General is asking for a surge in resources for security…