1. Preamble The assignment will cover humanitarian logistics operations in the international disaster relief system (IDRS) and the relevant actors and stakeholders involved within the system. It will also focus on the challenges of humanitarian logistics and how coordination and cooperation amongst humanitarian organisations can overcome these challenges and improve humanitarian operations within the international disaster relief system. 2. Introduction During the past decade there has been an increasing
wounded post-disaster during humanitarian relief efforts. They helped
Humanitarian Intervention The humanitarian response to the internal displacement situation in Ukraine is a coordinated effort by multiple organizations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) works together with ten operational partners providing support to refugees through protection and legal assistance, policy development and capacity building, distribution of emergency shelter materials and non-food items (Ukraine: UNHCR). Despite the humanitarian response to the internal
March 30 (Supporting Regional Media). We have also hosted a “Civil Society Digital Capacity Building Grant Competition” in which we supported projects that furthered “freedom of information through social media,” supported “the development and coordination of independent bloggers,” and fostered “the digital development and capacity building of civil society in Ukraine” ("Civil Society Digital Capacity"). Of course, enabling the media is not the only reason my embassy has long supported social media
who must live with that water. Every drop of water counts, especially when there is a shortage and a need for it. Works Cited "PAKISTAN: Contaminated water a threat to millions in Punjab." IRIN humanitarian news and analysis. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 12 July 2007. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. Awwal, Jamadi U. Indus river pollution a risk to livelihoods. Dawn, 31 Mar. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. Kamal, Simi. "Running on Empty Pakinstan's Water Crisis." Pakistanís Water
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, boldly agrees that humankind is the sole reason for evidence of increasing ocean levels. The board agrees that “as many as 3,000 other cities worldwide… might soon face severe floods caused by global warming and a rise
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increase in the successes of humanitarian efforts in conflict areas. The purpose of this paper is to explore what contributes to humanitarianism failing outside of the contextual issues often identified within a conflict zone. Specifically, I will look at the role the philosophy underpinning humanitarianism plays in trapping humanitarians in a cycle of providing conditions for the development or exacerbation of the very conflict they aim to prevent. Using the
Turkey Earthquake Introduction The terrible earthquake that struck western Turkey on August 17, 1999 measured a massive Mw7.4 on the Richter scale (also known as the Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake) Turkey has had a long history of large earthquakes that often occur in progressive adjacent earthquakes. Starting in 1939, the North Anatolian fault produced a sequence of major earthquakes, of which the 1999 event is the 11th with a magnitude greater than or equal to 6.7. Starting with the 1939
Nightmarish Treatment of Prisoners in North Korean Prison Camps Innocent people are being starved and tortured in secret North Korean camps that the government are trying to hide from the rest of the world. These prisoners are being deprived of nutritious meals, and are being forced to scavenge for barely enough food. These poor people are being deprived of basic human rights, and no person has let anybody know about it, until now. In 2013, Blaine Harden revealed the true story of Shin Dong-Hyuk
For years, Haiti has been known as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The country has been effected by many health, environmental, political, and natural disasters all leading to its biggest issue today, poverty. Poverty has sent Haiti into a huge stand still. Children aren’t getting educated, families can’t find shelter, and it is uncertain where the families will get their next meal. Since the beginning of the 19th century, poverty has been Haiti’s biggest conflict caused primarily
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Introduction Child labour is a very real problem in the world today, and although it is declining, progress is happening at a slow and unequal pace. Child labour by the International Labour Organization is defined as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development (Diallo, Etienne, & Mehran, 2013, p. 2).” In the most extreme forms of child labour it could account for child enslavement, separation from their
UNICEF's main body of 36 nations, representing all regions of the world, establishes policies, reviews programs and approves budgets for the organization. Headquartered in New York, UNICEF carries out its work through seven regional offices and 126 country offices covering more than 160 countries. The 37 National Committees for UNICEF are private, not-profit organizations, mostly in developed countries, that support UNICEF programs. Large networks of volunteers help the Committees raise funds, sell
“Much Afghan produce has unlimited demand in regional markets and in terms of soil and sun, water and weather, Afghanistan has the ideal growing conditions of California and Chile.” (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock). “Garden City”. When you hear this phrase you don't instantly think about Afghanistan. Kabul, Afghanistan however was know as the Garden City for a long time. This however does not ring true today. After decades of war Afghanistan's agricultural prowess is not
Early empires By the time of the European Renaissance, the islands of Java and Sumatra had already enjoyed a thousand-year heritage of civilization spanning two major empires. During the 7th to 14th centuries, the Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya flourished on Sumatra. Chinese traveller I Ching visited its capital, Palembang, around 670. At its peak, the Srivijaya Empire reached as far as West Java and the Malay Peninsula. Also by the 14th century, the Hindu Kingdom of Majapahit had risen in eastern
NATO After the Cold War and Changing Role OUTLINE 1. Introduction 2. NATO’s main functions 3. NATO’s new missions after Cold War 4. NATO in the 21’th century 5. Europe after the Cold War 6. NATO’s relations with OSCE and WEU 7. Conclusion 1. Introduction (1) After the end of World War II, all involved countries, with no exception of being victorious or defeated, have started seeking of the prevention of a new disaster by reconstructing and maintaining the security
company’s international activities can look back on a long tradition: as early as 1898, only a few years after having found his company, Robert Bosch opened his first representative office in London. The next step towards internationalisation followed one year later with the foundation of a second Bosch representative office in Paris to provide the French and Belgian markets. Particularly important for the further development of the foreign organisation was the opening of an agency in New York in 1906
Water Issues in South Asia If there is any single most important issue that mars bilateral relations among the countries of the subcontinent, it is water. The issues of cross-border water distribution, utilisation, management and mega irrigation/hydro-electric power projects affecting the upper and lower riparian countries are gradually taking centre-stage in defining interstate relations as water scarcity increases and both drought and floods make life too often miserable. Thanks to