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111887
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Norway, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), 2012.
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79p.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 056491 | 359.03/BEK 056491 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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125277
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2013.
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Humanitarian assistance is aimed at providing rapid, life-saving support in settings of high population vulnerability, such as in times of war, disaster, or displacement. The provision of humanitarian assistance is complicated by severe access restrictions, large-scale emergency needs, displaced populations, and complex political and social settings. Both war and disasters create, and often amplify, existing economic disparities and contribute to an environment in which gender inequities, human vulnerabilities, and human rights abuses are likely to be exacerbated. The emergency response to large-scale humanitarian emergencies such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti creates a sense of public urgency and political pressure to intervene. The last decade has seen significant advances in the standardization and coordination of relief and development activities, including improved mechanisms for coordination and accountability. While these efforts provided a solid basis for improved efficiency, they have faltered in recent large-scale crises. As the global relief and development community contemplates the next decades of humanitarian operations, a few essential questions should be raised: What are the most important barriers to providing effective aid? What future issues must be understood to optimize the efficiency of aid? What is the cost of inaction and what are the ramifications of not changing the system? This article will focus on some of the factors contributing to ineffective humanitarian aid and discuss the progress toward humanitarian reform, including the need for professionalism, coordination, and accountability.
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082453
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2008.
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This article reproduces the address given at the formal September 2007
launch of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies. It explores the
challenges of promoting an ethos that must be closely tied to the society
from which the Royal Navy recruits but which must also be in some ways
distinct, due to the unique warfighting role of the armed forces. This ethos
is central to the Royal Navy's ability to perform its required roles in Afghanistan
and Iraq, as well as in its other, widely ranging responsibilities ranging
from warfighting to peace support and humanitarian operations. The
central elements of this ethos are moral and physical courage, teamwork
and, in particular, leadership
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137889
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In this age of advanced technology, it’s simply incomprehensible that the ill-fated Malaysian airline MH 370 with 239 passengers disappeared so easily. And it took the Malaysian authorities nearly two weeks to announce that the plane had crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. As now the search operations re-focus on the southern part of the Indian Ocean to locate the debris, there is anger and accusations directed against the Malaysian government.
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