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[[Image:Durres airport supplies.jpg|thumb|Humanitarian aid arriving by plane at Rinas Airport in [[Albania]] in the summer of 1999. Many organizations engaged in assisting refugees fleeing [[Kosovo]].]] | [[Image:Durres airport supplies.jpg|thumb|Humanitarian aid arriving by plane at Rinas Airport in [[Albania]] in the summer of 1999. Many organizations engaged in assisting refugees fleeing [[Kosovo]].]] | ||
[[Image:Subdistribution point.jpg|thumb|A distribution point for humanitarian aid in Southern [[Kosovo]] in 1999. In this case, food donated by USAID to an international NGO is being distributed by a local NGO to recipient families. Note the cans of cooking oil and sacks of flour being broken down into family sized rations by distribution point volunteers.]] | [[Image:Subdistribution point.jpg|thumb|A distribution point for humanitarian aid in Southern [[Kosovo]] in 1999. In this case, food donated by USAID to an international NGO is being distributed by a local NGO to recipient families. Note the cans of cooking oil and sacks of flour being broken down into family sized rations by distribution point volunteers.]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:39, 28 November 2007
Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. 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.
Humanitarian response
Humanitarian aid is delivered by governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other non-governmental humanitarian agencies according to humanitarian principles set out in Resolution 46/182 of the United Nations General Assembly (for governments and UN agencies), and in Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief (for NGHAs).
Funding
They are funded by donations from individuals, corporations, governments and other organizations. The funding and delivery of humanitarian aid is increasingly being organized at an international level to facilitate faster and more effective responses to major emergencies affecting large numbers of people (eg. see Central Emergency Response Fund). 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.
Standards
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:
- The right to life with dignity
- The distinction between combatant and non-combatants
- The principle of non-refoulement
The Quality Project, based on the Quality Compass, is an alternative project to Sphere, taking into account the side effects of standardization and those of an appraoch based on "minima" rather than the pursuit of quality. This project is leaded by Groupe URD.
ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Minear, Larry. The Humanitarian Enterprise Dilemmas and Discoveries. Bloomfield, Conn: Kumarian Press, 2002. ISBN 1565491491
- Waters, Tony. Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan The Limitations to Humanitarian Relief Operation. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001. ISBN 0813367905
See also
- Attacks on humanitarian workers
- Timeline of events in humanitarian relief and development
Organisations
- Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF (Doctors Without Borders)
- Mercy Corps
- AmeriCares
- CARE
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Organization types
- Foundation
- Community service
- Non-profit organizations
- Non-governmental organizations
External links
All links retrieved November 28, 2007.
- Networks
- News media
- Academia
- Critiques of Humanitarian Aid
- A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis - interview with David Rieff and Joanne Myers
- Post-Modern Conflict and Humanitarian Action: Questioning the Paradigm - Sean Greenaway, Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
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