Many humanitarian and development organisations have developed codes of conduct (20) which outline principles of approach as well as more pragmatic dos and donts. [16] She kept records of the number and cause of deaths in order to continuously improve the conditions in hospitals. [39] An initiative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the World Humanitarian Summit included participants from governments, civil society organizations, private organizations, and groups affected by humanitarian need. [55] Conflict and natural disasters exacerbate women's vulnerabilities. Collaboration: When aid agencies refuse to co-operate with each other, and even worse, bad-mouth one another (e.g. 0000003371 00000 n
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; and the Code of Conduct of International Alert (which is really a conflict transformation, not a development organisation). [53], Satellite imagery is now used to predict how many people will be displaced from their homes and where they will likely move. These single experts are typically Northerners sent to the South, although some organisations (e.g. (10): The importance of NGOs in target countries is often forgotten in discussions on humanitarian aid and development co-operation, or they are merely mentioned as the famous local partners. theatre, music) and of ethnic pluralism in the media; 2. 0000002116 00000 n
Humanitarian aid organisations base their work on international law, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the various covenants and conventions on civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; the status of refugees; discrimination against women, etc. His graphic account of the immense suffering he witnessed, written in his book A Memory of Solferino, became a foundational text to modern humanitarianism. 0000092607 00000 n
An elaborate project entitled Local Capacities for Peace has been carried out by a coalition of aid and development organisations under the leadership of the US-based Collaborative for Development Action. The most prevalent issue faced by humanitarian aid workers is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. development of mediation programs on local level, support of marginalised groups to gain access to justice, support of truth commissions; 5. Bugnion, Francois. 0000004708 00000 n
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These activities can be found in most of the work descriptions of development agencies - e.g. Attendees at the summit agreed a series of reforms on aid spending called the Grand Bargain,[40] including a commitment to spend 25% of aid funds directly through local and national humanitarian aid organizations. Development aid has long been accused of cultural hegemonialism. Norwegian Refugee Council), and church/religious-based NGOs (e.g. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 15. For example, it has been estimated that over $8.75billion was lost to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Perhaps one third of the projects in which UNV places its volunteers are projects carried out by international organisations (mostly UN-organisations), and almost two thirds of them work in the UNVs own projects. 2015 Jun;4(2). [45], How aid is delivered can affect the quality and quantity of aid. [36], Live Aid, a 1985 fund-raising effort headed by Bob Geldof induced millions of people in the West to donate money and to urge their governments to participate in the relief effort in Ethiopia. "State of the Humanitarian System report", "Health The university course giving aid to aid workers", "Health Aid workers lack psychological support", https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-committees/international-development/2002-Report-of-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-Save-the-Children.pdf, "Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Intervention Forces in Central African Republic", "WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuse during Ebola crisis, report says", "Almost two-thirds of aid workers have experienced racism, research indicates", "HAP and People In Aid merge to become CHS Alliance", "Core Humanitarian Standard: do NGOs need another set of standards? [4], The International Committee of the Red Cross understands humanitarian relief as a norm in both international and non-international armed conflicts, and countries or war parties that prevent humanitarian relief are generally widely criticized. (8): For example, several organisations have a larger number of personnel standing by for emergency deployment. [46], Securing access to humanitarian aid in post-disasters, conflicts, and complex emergencies is a major concern for humanitarian actors. (24), 7. 0000001711 00000 n
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The Sphere Project handbook, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response], which was produced by a coalition of leading non-governmental humanitarian agencies, lists the following principles of humanitarian action: Another humanitarian standard used is the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS). It may, therefore, be distinguished from development aid, which seeks to address the underlying socioeconomic factors which may have led to a crisis or emergency. International Review of the Red Cross 94 (2013): 1323. Am J Nurs. [18] All of these improvements are pillars of modern humanitarian intervention. There is growing agreement among the organisations that aid and development are more an issue of emphasis than two absolutely separate activities. [5] Such was the case for the Derg regime, preventing relief to the population of Tigray in the 1980s,[63] and the prevention of relief aid in the Tigray War of 20202021 by the Abiy Ahmed Ali regime of Ethiopia was again widely condemned.[64][65]. [5] According to The Overseas Development Institute, a London-based research establishment, whose findings were released in April 2009 in the paper "Providing aid in insecure environments: 2009 Update", the most lethal year for aid providers in the history of humanitarianism was 2008, in which 122 aid workers were murdered and 260 assaulted. Roche 2000. International/intergovernmental agencies such as the UN agencies (e.g. The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross. [58] Throughout the plans. Data that are collected or generated through digital or mobile mechanisms will often pose additional challenges, especially regarding the verification when the information comes from social media. [24][25] The constitutive conference of this committee in October 1863 created the statutory foundation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in their resolutions regarding national societies, caring for the wounded, their symbol, and most importantly the indispensable neutrality of ambulances, hospitals, medical personnel and the wounded themselves. 0000002423 00000 n
in the not yet published and not-quotable case studies of the Reflecting on Peace Practices-Project, the interviews I conducted with representatives of development agencies and different other publications, e.g. Janku, Andrea (2001) "The North-China Famine of 18761879: Performance and Impact of a Non-Event." As many as 10 million people may have died in the famine. Composed of five Geneva citizens, this committee endorsed Dunant's vision to legally neutralize medical personnel responding to wounded soldiers. However, gaining secure access often involves negotiation and the practice of humanitarian diplomacy. Bugnion, Francois. 1911 Feb;11(5):34657. (6) While some of them see conflict as part of the environment to be taken into account when planning a project, others have started projects concentrating on conflict transformation itself. [50] The approach also encompasses humanitarian transportation, the goal of which is to ensure migrants and refugees retain access to basic goods/services and the labor market. Resist the pressure to spend aid rapidly. Artificial intelligence algorithms may instantaneously assess flooding, building and road damage based on satellite images and weather forecasts, allowing rescuers to distribute emergency aid more effectively and identify those still in danger and isolated from escape routes. He is the General Secretary of the Pan-African movement.). The distinction between combatant and non-combatants, This page was last edited on 22 July 2022, at 02:48. 0000128306 00000 n
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It recommends agencies to collect data disaggregated by sex and age to better understand which group of the population is in need of what type of aid. International Review of the Red Cross 94 (2013): 1324, Bugnion, Francois. Market effects: Aid affects prices, wages and profits, and can either reinforce the war economy (enriching activities and people that are war-related) or the peace economy (reinforcing normal civilian production, consumption and exchange).(28). [60] Aid stealing is one of the prime ways in which conflict is promoted by humanitarian aid. In a later stage, it might mean assistance with physical reconstruction, resettlement of refugees and reintegration of former combatants. [77] Most notably, it has replaced the core standards of the Sphere Handbook[78] and it is regularly referred to and supported by officials from the United Nations, the EU, various NGOs and institutes. (11): For example Mdecins sans frontires, Mdecins du monde, Komitee Kap Anamur. Florence Nightingale: The Mother of Nursing. (23), 6. Often in disaster situations, international aid agencies work in hand with local agencies. These include: 1. Cultural work/media, e.g. "Birth of an Idea: The Founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: From Solferino to the Original Geneva Convention (18591864)." [37], A 2004 reform initiative by Jan Egeland, resulted in the creation of the Humanitarian Cluster System, designed to improve coordination between humanitarian agencies working on the same issues.[38]. "[61] Thus, the impact of humanitarian aid on conflict may vary depending upon the type and mode in which aid is received, and, inter alia, the local socio-economic, cultural, historical, geographical and political conditions in the recipient countries. (Diringer 2001:18). 0000006751 00000 n
See Gass/van Dok 2000:52. [29] The basic tenents of the convention outlined the neutrality of medical services, including hospitals, ambulances, and related personnel, the requirement to care for and protect the sick and wounded during the conflict and something of particular symbolic importance to the International Committee of the Red Cross: the Red Cross emblem. 2015 Jun;4(2). Another contributing factor may be the general growing consciousness of the possibilities and necessities of conflict resolution. "[60] Furthermore, analyzing the relationship between conflict and food aid, a recent research shows that the United States' food aid promoted civil conflict in recipient countries on average. [73], 2021 reporting on a Racial Equity Index report indicated that just under two-thirds of aid workers have experienced racism and 98% of survey respondents witnessed racism. The significance only grew with time in the revision and adaptation of the Geneva Convention in 1906, 1929 and 1949; additionally, supplementary treaties granted protection to hospital ships, prisoners of war and most importantly to civilians in wartime. [32], Another such examples occurred in response to the Northern Chinese Famine of 18761879, brought about by a drought that began in northern China in 1875 and led to crop failures in the following years. 326 0 obj<>stream
However, to my knowledge only a few generalisations can be made so far. Early attempts were in private hands and were limited in their financial and organizational capabilities. [23], After publishing his foundational text in 1862, progress came quickly for Dunant and his efforts to create a permanent relief society and International Humanitarian Law. Adjustment to normal life again can be a problem, with feelings such as guilt being caused by the simple knowledge that international aid workers can leave a crisis zone, whilst nationals cannot. International Review of the Red Cross 94 (2013): 1325, Bugnion, Francois. Forsythe, David. (28): By importing goods for relief and distributing them free of charge, donors can bring about the collapse of the local economy, and/or of informal networks of people helping each other. Secondly, it might contribute to the support of civil society and the civilising of attitudes, values and institutions. AJe'/Q0X@. (25) Another organisation (AGEH) sent a development worker to support the landless movement in Brazil where his presence clearly served the additional function of deterring armed attacks.(26). Some of the proceeds also went to the famine hit areas of Eritrea. However, they do not only implement the projects which are designed in the North as the term local partner sometimes seems to infer, but in many, if not most countries, play an important role of their own as well. Joseph H. Choate. 0000004631 00000 n
[6] In 2014, Humanitarian Outcomes reported that the countries with the highest incidents were: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen and Kenya. Florence Nightingale: The Mother of Nursing. The need for aid is ever-increasing and has long outstripped the financial resources available. Once she returned to Great Britain she campaigned for the founding of the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army. trailer
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[56] When delivering humanitarian aid, it is thus important for humanitarian actors, such as the United Nations, to include challenges specific to women in their humanitarian response. Another fairly typical service offered by development agencies as well as by the Civil Peace Services is trauma counselling for children and refugees. In some cases, development organisations have also engaged in peacekeeping activities. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What's stopping aid getting in? Support of civil society, including election monitoring, education of voters, support of national conferences, support of NGOs working on conflict resolution, support of human rights organisations, support of ethnically or socially marginalised groups to articulate their interests; 4. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee provides guidelines for humanitarian actors on how be inclusive of gender when delivering humanitarian aid. Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War. International Review of the Red Cross 94 (2013):1325, Bugnion, Francois. Women have limited access to paid work, are at risk of child marriage, and are more exposed to Gender based violence, such as rape and domestic abuse. 2. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Crescent are in their own category due to their special status in International Humanitarian Law. International Review of the Red Cross 94 (2013): 1303, ugnion, Francois. The four UN entities that have primary roles in delivering humanitarian aid are United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP). On the other hand, impact analyses of single projects may show what worked in a certain case, but are of limited use in formulating general lessons on how to achieve positive impact.(33). [citation needed], Big data for humanitarian operations provides a unique opportunity to access instantaneously contextual information about pending and ongoing humanitarian crises. Powerlessness: When field-based aid staff disclaim responsibility for the impacts of their aid programs, referring to their headquarters, or the donor, the message received is that individuals need not accept accountability for the impacts of their actions - which people in war zones tend to believe anyway. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) coordinates the international humanitarian response to a crisis or emergency pursuant to Resolution 46/182 of the United Nations General Assembly. Both share aspects in common: the unity and interdependency of all parts of the world and the responsibility of all citizens of the world to counteract the destructive processes currently under way in the context of industrialisation and globalisation.(15). [26] Beyond this, in order to solidify humanitarian practice, the Geneva Society of Public Welfare hosted a convention between 8 and 22 August 1864 at the Geneva Town Hall with 16 diverse States present, including many governments of Europe, the Ottoman Empire, the United States of America (USA), Brazil and Mexico. (19): Concept of the German Gesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit-GTZ. Many different organisations are working in the field of development, aid and conflict transformation. This is especially true in regard to Nightingale's use of statistics and measures of mortality and morbidity. [12][13] In 1854, when the Crimean War began[14] Florence Nightingale and her team of 38 nurses arrived to Barracks Hospital of Scutari where there were thousands of sick and wounded soldiers. Though a significant amount of work is under way to develop software and algorithms for verifying crowdsourced or anonymously provided data, such tools are not yet operational or widely available. Demilitarisation (e.g. See Slim 1997:123. Fields of conflict-related activities in development co-operation are identified in greater detail below: 1. [17] She advocated for the use of statistics and coxcombs to portray the needs of those in conflict settings. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. See Gass/van Dok 2000:56, and also Diringer 2001:19. It taps to the various members of Inter-Agency Standing Committee, whose members are responsible for providing emergency relief. 0000000836 00000 n
[67], Aid workers are exposed to tough conditions and have to be flexible, resilient, and responsible in an environment that humans are not psychologically supposed to deal with, in such severe conditions that trauma is common. In recent years, a number of concerns have been raised about the mental health of aid workers.[68][69]. xTMOQN? $"MMXhb i*4P This is made up of roughly 50% from NGOs, 25% from the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and 25% from the UN system. (16) One typical difference between aid and development organisations is that the former works in larger, specialised teams, while the latter often send single experts to work as consultants in a local environment. "Birth of an Idea: The Founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: From Solferino to the Original Geneva Convention (18591864)." The German Dienste in bersee (Services Overseas), for example, accompanied a threatened bishop in Guatemala. In Bangladesh e.g. [17] Her findings were that in every 1,000 soldiers, 600 were dying of communicable and infectious diseases. [49] This includes the integration of their children into local education systems, maintenance of food security at the familial level, and provision of access to health services. 0000002397 00000 n
[17][19] Despite little to no experience as a medical physician, Dunant worked alongside local volunteers to assist the wounded soldiers from all warring parties, including Austrian, Italian and French casualties, in any way he could including the provision of food, water, and medical supplies. At the same time, the number of personnel the organisations maintain in the field varies substantially. The borders between humanitarian aid and development work tend to dissolve increasingly as the same organisations engage in both. Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics. 0000128528 00000 n
The first global summit on humanitarian diplomacy was held in 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. [47] In the arena of negotiations, humanitarian diplomacy is ostensibly used by humanitarian actors to try to persuade decision makers and leaders to act, at all times and in all circumstances, in the interest of vulnerable people and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles. Support of judicial system, e.g. Some of these activities have a direct bearing on conflictfor example, the two last activities. [28], The first of the renowned Geneva Conventions was signed on 22 August 1864; never before in history has a treaty so greatly impacted how warring parties engage with one another. [14] Ten times more soldiers were dying of disease than from battle wounds. "Birth of an Idea: The Founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: From Solferino to the Original Geneva Convention (18591864)." (3), In development co-operation, the issue is more complex. Arms: When aid agencies hire armed guards to protect their goods from theft or their staff from harm, the implicit ethical messages is that it is legitimate for arms to determine who gets access to food and medical supplies and that security and safety derive from weapons. In their eyes, development co-operation and humanitarian aid is just the other side of a new colonialism: Much of the influence of foreign NGOs in Africa derives from the power of their governments, embassies and companies. [18] She worked to improve hygiene, nutrition and clean water and decreased the mortality rate from 60% to 42% to 2.2%. Elizabeth Fee, Mary E. Garofalo. "Birth of an Idea: The Founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: From Solferino to the Original Geneva Convention (18591864)." 0000004089 00000 n
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What Florence Nightingale Did for Mankind. In reaching out to international communities, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)[3] of the United Nations (UN) is responsible for coordination responses to emergencies. The total number of humanitarian aid workers around the world has been calculated by ALNAP, a network of agencies working in the Humanitarian System, as 210,800 in 2008. (4) Though many organisations in this field have always seen peace and development as two sides of the same coin (5), in practice dealing with conflict did not play a major role until perhaps 10 years ago. saying things such as we dont work the way they work; we are better and they get it wrong), the message received by those in the area is that if you do not agree with someone, you do not have to work with them or respect them - which is another message of warfare. [34] To combat the famine, an international network was set up to solicit donations. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Different value for different lives: When there is danger and aid agency policies allow for the evacuation of expatriate staff, but not for local staff, or even worse, when plans call for the removal of vehicles, radios and expatriates while local staff, food and other supplies are left behind, the message is that some lives (and even some goods) are more valuable than other lives. (31) Issues include that development projects: have cemented local inequities instead of alleviating poverty; have fostered conflicts over resources instead of protecting them; have supported authoritarian regimes; have called cultural values into question; and have created and inflated an NGO market, where NGOs are being founded only to reserve donations from abroad. [41], Aid is funded by donations from individuals, corporations, governments and other organizations. Emergency aid provides relief to victims who are unable to deal on their own with the emergency situation - food, medical aid, shelter, etc. 0000007032 00000 n
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Additionally, there are also UN volunteers in projects carried out by particular governments (UNV auf einen Blick - die wichtigsten Statistiken fr 1994. (22): DAC Task Force on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation: DAC Guidelines on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation, Paris: OCD 1997. There is a debate on linking humanitarian aid and development efforts, which was reinforced by the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016. Resource transfers may feed into, prolong and worsen conflict in the following ways: 1. Save the Children Fund began after WW I and the Russian civil war. (29): When humanitarian aid satisfies basic needs, then the political elites are free of their responsibility, and need no longer justify their actions to civil society. [48] However, humanitarian diplomacy is also used by state actors as part of their foreign policy. An increase in United States' wheat aid increased the duration of armed civil conflicts in recipient countries, and ethnic polarization heightened this effect. (Gass/van Dok 2000:59). It was only in the 1980s, that global news coverage and celebrity endorsement were mobilized to galvanize large-scale government-led famine (and other forms of) relief in response to disasters around the world. The interesting case studies produced in the context of the RPP project are unfortunately not available for quotation. Hosein Karimi, Negin Masoudi Alavi. 5. 3. Nurs Midwifery Stud. Bugnion, Francois. (24): Services Overseas in Mexico and Mozambique. The funding and delivery of humanitarian aid is increasingly international, making it much faster, more responsive, and more effective in coping to major emergencies affecting large numbers of people (e.g. (See Web site of NRC: www.nrc.no/NRC/nrc.htm. 0000001988 00000 n
The Shandong Famine Relief Committee was soon established with the participation of diplomats, businessmen, and Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries.
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