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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 9th Annual Conference

    Event - Conference - 29 May 2012

    In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Afghanistan and elsewhere, the United Nations, ISAF or other mandated authority must assume a combination of roles which are fundamentally incompatible. This conference will examine the perennial question of how to be a successful peacekeeper, humanitarian provider and nation builder.

    Vicki Metcalfe gave a speech onHow to Overcome the Challenges Facing UN Integration, drawing from case studies from Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia.

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  2. Soldier on patrol along the frontline between AMISOM forces and Al Shabab militia
    Soldier on patrol along the frontline between AMISOM forces and Al Shabab militia

    Soldier on patrol along the frontline between AMISOM forces and Al Shabab militia near Bakara market, Mogadishu, Somalia
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Kate Holt
    Source: IRIN

    Report launch - Humanitarian space: a review of trends and issues

    Event - Public event - 30 April 2012 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    There is an overwhelming consensus among humanitarian actors that access is becoming more difficult: attacks on aid workers are increasing; aid is becoming more politicised; respect for humanitarian principles and humanitarian law is declining. In other words, humanitarian space is 'shrinking'.

    This event, to mark the launch of HPG Report 'Humanitarian Space: a review of trends and issues', critically discusses this dominant narrative and asks whether many of the problems faced today are not only familiar when compared with what has gone before, but in many respects are as much a consequence of expanding humanitarian engagement.

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  3. Humanitarian space in Somalia: a scarce commodity

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 18 April 2012
    HPG Working Papers
    Laura Hammond and Hannah Vaughan-Lee
    This working paper examines the challenges to humanitarian action in Somalia by considering the meaning of the term ‘humanitarian space’ in practice, and the political–humanitarian dynamics within this space.
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  5. Humanitarian space: a review of trends and issues

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 4 April 2012
    HPG Reports 32
    Sarah Collinson and Samir Elhawary
    This HPG Report reviews key trends and issues affecting humanitarian space over the last decade. It argues that the discourse of ‘shrinking’ humanitarian space, to which the solution is simply greater adherence to principles, is not borne out by the evidence.
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  6. Civil society organisations, human rights and development

    Event - Conference - 14 - 15 March 2012

    The International Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Conference in Copenhagen brings together key CSO leaders and experts from Europe and the developing world and includes high-level dialogue with European Institutions and European Development Ministers. Samir Elhawary moderated and spoke at the humanitarian theme session: Humanitarian space, civil-military relations and protection.

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  7. UN Integration and Humanitarian Space launch - Washington DC

    Event - report launch - 12 March 2012 15:30 - 17:00 (GMT-05)

    The panel will discuss the implications of the HPG/Stimson Centre paper findings which considered how efforts to forge greater coherence within the UN system have affected humanitarian action and was based on field visits to Afghanistan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the perspectives of peacekeeping, UN and non-UN humanitarian agencies. Victoria Metcalfe from the Humanitarian Policy Group and Alison Giffen from the Stimon Center present key findings from the report.

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  9. UN Integration and Humanitarian Space launch - Geneva

    Event - Report launch - 27 February 2012 16:00 - 18:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    The panel will discuss the implications of the HPG/Stimson Centre paper findings which considered how efforts to forge greater coherence within the UN system have affected humanitarian action and was based on field visits to Afghanistan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the perspectives of peacekeeping, UN and non-UN humanitarian agencies. Samir Elhawary from the Humanitarian Policy Group present key findings from the report.

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  10. Integrated missions

    Event - Round-table - 24 February 2012 10:00 - 13:00 (GMT+00)

    Integration in the UN system has been hotly debated since the concept was introduced, and has continued to have its supporters and detractors over the course of its roll-out in recent years. Seeking to discuss these issues in more detail, Samir Elhawary will present findings from HPG research. 

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