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Leaving No One Behind

Humanitarian Effectiveness in the Age of the Sustainable Development Goals

Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: December 2015, PDF: June 2016 )

This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...

This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...


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Breaking the Impasse

Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement as a Collective Outcome

Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: September 2017, PDF: August 2017 )

The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...

The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...


Aid Under Fire

Relief and Development in an Unstable World

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

The challenge of working in situations of actual or unresolved conflict is not new, but it has a greater impetus and commands more attention today than in the past. This publication aptly addresses...

The challenge of working in situations of actual or unresolved conflict is not new, but it has a greater impetus and commands more attention today than in the past. This publication aptly addresses...


Emergency Telecommunications

The Vital Role of Telecommunications in Disaster Relief and Mitigation

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

The success of disaster mitigation as well as disaster relief operations depends on teamwork and teamwork depends on communication. The areas of coverage in this publication include: the unrestricted...

The success of disaster mitigation as well as disaster relief operations depends on teamwork and teamwork depends on communication. The areas of coverage in this publication include: the unrestricted...


Land Mines

From Words to Action

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

The world community has come to realise that the clearance of land mines is essential. This publication addresses such areas as: education as an important link in clearance continuum, new technologies...

The world community has come to realise that the clearance of land mines is essential. This publication addresses such areas as: education as an important link in clearance continuum, new technologies...


Chernobyl

No Visible End to the Menace

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

The number of humanitarian disasters vying for the world's attention has increased steadily in the last decade. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 shared many elements with more recent emergencies...

The number of humanitarian disasters vying for the world's attention has increased steadily in the last decade. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 shared many elements with more recent emergencies...


Disasters

Acts of Nature, Acts of Man?

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

In the past decades, natural and human systems have grown greatly intertwined and the distinction between 'acts of Man' and 'acts of Nature' has become increasingly blurred. This publication discusses...

In the past decades, natural and human systems have grown greatly intertwined and the distinction between 'acts of Man' and 'acts of Nature' has become increasingly blurred. This publication discusses...


Disasters and Development

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

The linkage between disasters and development is well recognized, as is our growing ability to counter the threat. This publication offers an understanding of the devastating impacts of disasters and...

The linkage between disasters and development is well recognized, as is our growing ability to counter the threat. This publication offers an understanding of the devastating impacts of disasters and...


Humanitarian Assistance and the Transition Issue

Series: DHA Issues in Focus Series
( Print: July 1997 )

Using country studies, this publication gives clear insight into the issues of humanitarian assistance and the transition issue. The expert papers presented include discussions in such areas as...

Using country studies, this publication gives clear insight into the issues of humanitarian assistance and the transition issue. The expert papers presented include discussions in such areas as...