Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes‚ typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives the most lethal year in the history of humanitarianism was 2008‚ in which 122 aid workers were murdered and 260 assaulted. Those countries deemed least safe were Somalia and Afghanistan. Eg; JAPAN HAITI TSUNAMI Pakistan World Trade Centre FINANCIAL
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Humanitarian Aid as a Strategic Response Humanitarian Aid as a Strategic Response Abstract Many governments and intergovernmental organizations rely on nongovernmental organizations to implement their decisions in areas such as humanitarian relief and economic development. Humanitarian aid and cash donations for Haiti’s earthquake victims have been pouring in after the disaster took place. Though useless goods can clog the humanitarian chain of supplying the affected populations with the necessities
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Defining Humanitarian Aid1 ‘Humanitarian aid’ is aid and action designed to save lives‚ alleviate suffering and maintain and protect human dignity during and in the aftermath of emergencies. The characteristics that mark it out from other forms of foreign assistance and development aid are that: it is intended to be governed by the principles of humanity‚ neutrality‚ impartiality and independence it is intended to be short-term in nature and provide for activities in the immediate aftermath of
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Humanitarian Aid in the 20th and 21st Centuries History 1140 Freshman Writing Seminar Spring 2012 MWF 9:05-9:55 Instructor: Julie Jacoby McGraw Hall B34 jaj32@cornell.edu Office Hours: M 2-3‚ W 10-11 and by appointment Course Introduction What do a Nebraskan farmer‚ a Guatemalan Red Cross nurse‚ and Bill Gates have in common? They all increase the global community’s ability to respond to the tragic aftermath of disasters and wars. In this course‚ you will learn about the history of and theory
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Negative Case Resolved: Placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust. Core Value: Consequentialism Value Criterion: Preserving Global Stability Humanitarian aid to foreign countries has been product to many consequences‚ and it is with this that I must stand in firm negation to the resolved. As such‚ I present my core value of consequentialism‚ defined as the doctrine that morality is to be determined only by the consequences of an action. I present my value
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Having examined what defines humanitarian assistance and the differing types of aid‚ as well as attempting to explain the theory and some practical issues with the idea of humanitarian NGOs using responsible enterprise effectively. The final part to this essay aims to deconstruct three reasons explaining why responsible enterprise either fails or is not as successful as it should be‚ when supporting crises. Firstly‚ the question of whether humanitarian aid actually prolongs war should be investigated
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) INTRODUCTION 2) KEY OBJECTIVES 3) HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS ADOPTED BY WFP a) SHIPPING b) AVIATION c) SURFACE TRANSPORT 4) EMERGENCY RESPONSE 5) DISASTERS RELEIF EMERGENCY FUNDS (DREF) d) UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE DEPOTS IN DUBAI UAE 6) THE LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENT OF DUBAI a) AIR PORT AND FREE ZONE AREA b) LEGAL FRAMEWORK c) INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATIONS i. IMPORTS ii. DOCUMENTATIONS FOR
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Library’s Young Adult Section and promoted reading through a library program called ‘Boogie to the Book Beat’. July‚ 1981: A benefit concert at the Omni Auditorium in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ raised $100‚000 for the ‘Atlanta Children’s Foundation’ in response to a series of kidnappings and murders that had been plaguing the children of Atlanta for months. January 10‚ 1984: During the filming of a Pepsi commercial‚ Michael suffered severe burns to his scalp when the pyrotechnics went awry. As a
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Intervention means to enter or appear as an irrelevant or extraneous feature or circumstance. The diction expressing irrelevance and extraneous appearance undoubtedly applies to the concept of humanitarian intervention. Despite the proposed intentions of humanitarian intervention‚ it is often clear that it is not effective in creating sustainable long-term solutions to long-term issues. Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan outlines six priorities that all focus on imposing a democratic system. These
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Humanitarian Intervention as a World-Wide Controversy The issue of humanitarian intervention has become increasingly prominent in worldwide debates regarding its role in ethics and legitimacy in international relations. Uncertainty arises as to whether there are any moral obligation for humanitarian intervention and the concerning justifications of the violation of state sovereignty. In viewing the matter ethically and applying Immanuel Kant’s principle of cosmopolitan law from his 1795 essay
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