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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operation types was invented‚ e.g. observer mission‚ peacekeeping‚ peace enforcement. The last type of operations became widely used due to the fact that there is no consent of the belligerent parties needed to conduct a mission‚ for instance‚ the humanitarian intervention in Libya is the most recent and prominent example‚ plus‚ in general it is considered to be effective - according to Virginia Page Fortna‚ peace enforcement is effective in 58.33% of cases1 (post-Cold War period). However‚ the question
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Introduction- I would say that the perspective linking US strategic and economic interests to so-called ‘humanitarian interventions’ is a correct one. Following the Cold War‚ the US still maintained its designs for global hegemony. It had economic interests in many regions of the globe. The health of these interests mainly depended on accessibility and security for US investment in resource-rich areas. More importantly‚ in order to preserve the existence of NATO(which the US counted on in order
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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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with the issue of slavery at the center. Abolition was a belief that some strongly believed in. There were abolitionists like Frederick Douglass who preached abolition in a nonviolent manner. On the other end of the spectrum there were abolitionists such as Nat Turner who took his abolitionist beliefs and expressed them violently. In 1831‚ Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion‚ killing over 60 people‚ including many women and children. Although violent acts in response to slavery were criticized
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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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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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and disasters place exceptional demands on humanitarian logistics and calls for fast ‚ agile and quick response to alleviate human lives. Deficiencies in the flow of supplies may result in dire consequences. As a result of continuous human and man-made disasters logistics has now become an important factor in humanitarian aid operations‚ to the “extent that logistics efforts account for 80 percent of disaster relief” (Trunick‚ 2005). Humanitarian logistics encompasses a ranges of complicated
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Throughout history there has been an ever present struggle for the equality and justice of all men‚ more specifically‚ the equivalence of African-Americans to the White Men and abolition of slavery. To help these movements‚ speeches‚ essays‚ and stories have been published making huge strides in the brawl for equal opportunity for African-Americans for hundreds of years. Among these writings‚ include pieces that have gone down in history as being extremely controversial‚ inspirational‚ and powerful
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POLS 1501 HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION Essay Question: Humanitarian Intervention is one of the key features of post-Cold war international politics. What exactly is it? What are the arguments for and against it? Discuss your answers in the context of a recent case‚ such as Bosnia‚ Kosovo‚ Afghanistan or East Timor. Hypothesis: That despite the incidents where humanitarian interventions have proved seemingly unsuccessful‚ they are‚ nonetheless‚ a vital tool in alleviating the human suffering
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