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Talking to the 'other side': Humanitarian negotiations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013

HPG Working Papers

Irina Mosel and Ashley Jackson

This Working Paper examines humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. Through interviews with armed groups, aid workers, local and international experts and civilians, the study aims to improve understanding of the opportunities for, and obstacles to, engagement with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the Government of Sudan for humanitarian access.

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A day to honor Syria’s humanitarian workers

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 19 August 2013

Clad in crimson overalls, with a gleaming red crescent framed in white on their backs, the volunteers of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) hardly blend into the crowd. Yet despite being clearly marked as humanitarian workers, SARC volunteers continue to come under fire in one of the bloodiest civil wars ongoing today.
On the 3rd of March 2013, SARC staff member Mohieddine Mahmoud died while on duty when heavy shelling wracked Jobar neighbourhood in the suburbs of Damascus.

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World Humanitarian Day: counting the costs

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 August 2013

Local aid worker deaths in the spotlight
As humanitarian organisations venture further into the frontlines to deliver medical care, food and shelter, the cost of aid work has risen. These costs are not only financial – but human in nature. On World Humanitarian Day, August 19, we are reminded of the importance of the security and safety of humanitarian aid workers, both local and international.

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Advanced course 2012
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Source: HPG

Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2013

Event - Course - 16 - 23 July 2013

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

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Peace and conflict in Myanmar

Event - Round-table - 2 July 2013 10:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

This roundtable aims to facilitate a high-level policy dialogue on three pressing interrelated issues: the ethnic peace process; the crisis in Rakhine State; and the Buddhist-Muslim violence in Myanmar and the wider ASEAN region.

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Violence towards aid workers increasing

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 30 June 2013

Delivering aid in the midst of conflict has always been dangerous and difficult work. Over the last few years, aid agencies have increased attention to the risks their staff and partners face in these contexts, including examining security, fiduciary, reputational and legal risks.

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Referendum results in Juba, 2011
A man reacts as the preliminary results of the referendum are announced in Juba on January 30, 2011
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Credit: © Siegfried Modola/IRIN
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South Sudan at a crossroads: humanitarian response in a changing context

Event - Public event - 22 May 2013 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Much has been accomplished in South Sudan in recent years, but has the humanitarian situation in the world’s newest nation improved? This event will launch edition 57 of the Humanitarian Exchange on South Sudan, which examines from different perspectives the drivers of continuing humanitarian needs in the country and how humanitarian, development and government actors interpret and respond to these.

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Darfur which way? The Sudanese Government point of view

Event - Round-table - 10 May 2013 12:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

A closed roundtable meeting. Darfur which way? The Sudanese Government point of view.

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Iraq 10 years on: examining a decade of turbulence

Event - Conference - 8 April 2013

This conference organised by The Cordoba Foundation and The Sharq Forum reviewed and examined the achievements and failures of a decade’s long intervention in Iraq by Western-led forces and regional powers. Eva Svoboda chaired a session on "The humanitarian costs of the last decade in Iraq".

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Paradoxes of presence: Risk management and aid culture in challenging environments

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013

HPG Commissioned Reports

Sarah Collinson and Mark Duffield with Carol Berger, Diana Felix da Costa and Karl Sandstrom

This publication reflects on the increasing presence of humanitarian agencies in insecure environments and risk management – and the fundamental tension between ‘staying’ and ‘staying safe’. It argues for efforts to broaden and deepen the risk agenda beyond the immediate preoccupations of ostensibly manageable security risks, but which encompasses attention to the host of interconnected challenges and hazards involved.

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