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   UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012

   Crowds of locals surround the recently-dispatched UN monitoring team as they walk through the streets of Homs, Syria. Pursuant to an authorization by the Security Council, the team of six unarmed observers were deployed to Syria on 16 April, tasked with reporting on the cessation of violence between Government and opposition forces.
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: UN Photo/Neeraj Singh
   Source: UN multimedia
   

   Syria crisis: the humanitarian response

   Event - Round-table - 15 June 2012 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This closed-door roundtable on the Syria crisis brought together leading humanitarian aid agencies and senior figures with direct experience of humanitarian work in the country. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the response of the international community and consider its impact on the civilian population. 

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   Humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan: The need for a political solution

   Publication - Briefing papers - 25 May 2012

   HPG Briefing Notes

   This Briefing Note examines the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s border states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, and finds the situation to be approaching crisis levels in some areas, with serious threats to the physical safety of civilians, restricted access for humanitarian organisations and escalating humanitarian needs.

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   Afghanistan’s long war: the humanitarian consequences of drawdown

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 May 2012

   As world leaders prepare for the NATO summit in Chicago on 20–21 May, uppermost in their minds will be domestic political priorities and the logistics of withdrawing their troops from Afghanistan.

   High on the summit’s agenda will be exit strategies and the buzz words ‘security transition’. Few are likely to be paying attention to the humanitarian consequences of troop withdrawal or addressing the human cost of their departure. 

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4. Kabul calling: Transition in Afghanistan

   Event - Public event - 16 May 2012 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This event has been scheduled to take place ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago where world leaders will gather to discuss Afghanistan. 

   ‘Kabul calling’ will bring together panels in London and Kabul to provide an alternative agenda to the one in Chicago by focusing on the humanitarian implications of the withdrawal of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan. 

   Panellists will explore the humanitarian consequences of the troop drawdown; discuss how a political settlement can best be facilitated and what form it should take to secure the most favourable humanitarian outcome for the Afghan people; discuss what ‘transition’ will mean for Afghans. 

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   Trends and challenges in humanitarian civil–military coordination

   Publication - Bibliography and literature reviews - 3 May 2012

   HPG Working Papers

   Victoria Metcalfe, Simone Haysom and Stuart Gordon

   This literature review identifies key trends emerging from the literature on civil–military coordination in conflicts and natural disasters. It deals with the interaction between international humanitarian and international or foreign military actors operating in crisis contexts, and offers some reflections on the relationship between national military actors and the international humanitarian community.

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6. International Committee of the Red Cross: Professional standards for protection work

   Event - Workshop - 28 March 2012 09:30 - 17:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   At thehe Advisory Group  for the Professional Standards for Protection Work, Victoria Metcalfe will present on draft propositions based on the outcomes of the discussion held and the relevant tables and the different definitions of the concept of protection (in relation with an ODI-ICRC event on the concept of protection, which will take place in December 2011).

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7. United Nations High Commission for Refugees: Global protection cluster annual retreat

   Event - Retreat - 21 - 23 March 2012

   The two day meeting follows a successful conclusion of the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) visioning process which led to the elaboration of the GPC strategy and work plan. Participants will discuss the directions that the GPC will take as it implements its new strategy. They will also examine contemporary protection challenges. Victoria Metcalfe will present on civil-military coordination and protection of civilians.

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8. Minimum agency standards for mainstreaming protection: presentation of the field revised manual

   Event - Public event - 16 March 2012 14:00 - 16:30 (GMT+00)

   World Vision UK is presenting a revised version of the Minimum Agency Standards for Mainstreaming Protection. The revised manual includes core standards, specific sector standards, lessons learned from the field and additional improved features. Victoria Metcalfe will be a discussant for this event.

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   South Sudan Police Recruits at Training Academy

   Pictured are recruits for the Southern Sudan Police Service (SSPS) at the John Gurang Unified Memorial Police Training Academy in Rajaf, South Sudan. The recruits will provide security for the region’s upcoming referenda, scheduled for 9 January 2011.
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   Credit: United Nations Photo
   Source: Flickr
   

   The police, humanitarians and the protection of civilians: coordinating ‘civilian’ contributions

   Event - Round-table - 1 March 2012 09:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This roundtable is the second event in a two-year research and public affairs project led by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute which explores new developments in the relationship between international military and security actors and the international humanitarian community with a view to facilitating more effective and principled coordination in crisis contexts. How humanitarian and military and police actors coordinate on their respective contributions to the protection of civilians is a key focus of this project.

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10. The concept of protection: towards a mutual understanding - roundtable on civil–military coordination

    Event - Round-table - 12 December 2011

    The event explored how international humanitarian and military actors understand and put into practice the concept of the protection of civilians. The roundtable brought together key international military and humanitarian actors to explore their respective objectives, rationale and approaches to the protection of civilians.  The discussion also examined the specific roles and responsibilities that each have in supporting enhanced protection of civilian populations.
    

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