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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. World Disasters Report 2012 - Focus on forced migration and displacement

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 16 October 2012
    Alastair Ager, Eleanor Davey, Elizabeth (Beth) Ferris, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Laura Hammond, Simone Haysom, Cindy Horst, Catherine (Katy) Long, Susan Martin, Sara Pantuliano, Lydia Poole, Abby Stoddard, Barnaby Willitts-King and Roger Zetter
    This year’s World Disasters Report aims to widen and sharpen the focus on the complex causes of forced migration and the diverse consequences and impacts for both affected populations and humanitarian actors. Chapter 4 - Forced migration in an urban context: relocating the humanitarian agenda was written by Simone Haysom, Sara Pantuliano, and Eleanor Davey.
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  2. Avoiding reality: Land, institutions and humanitarian action in post-earthquake Haiti

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 29 September 2012
    HPG Working Papers
    Simon Levine, Sarah Bailey and Béatrice Boyer, with Cassandra Mehu
    This HPG Working Paper examines how international aid agencies struggled with the world of land rights in the response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and finds that many of the difficulties it encountered in coping with reality are a common feature of aid responses. The paper argues that the international humanitarian system must find a way of working in the same complex and imperfect reality that crisis affected people live in. The paper is available in English and French.
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  5. Conflict in Syria
    Conflict in Syria

    A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo, August 9, 2012. Syrian troops and rebels fought over the country's biggest city Aleppo as President Bashar al-Assad's key foreign backer Iran gathered ministers from like-minded states for talks on Thursday about how to end the conflict.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Abdullatif Anis
    Source: Flickr

    Syria crisis: an update on the humanitarian response

    Event - Round-table - 31 August 2012 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+00)

    This event was convened to examine the humanitarian implications of the war in Syria. By August 2012 the conflict had spread to the two major cities, Damascus and Aleppo displacing thousands and triggering the flight of hundreds of thousands of refugees. 

    Discussion at this second roundtable on Syria focused on the humanitarian response within Syria and regionally by bringing together representatives of the leading agencies in Damascus, Amman, Rome and London. The discussion provided an opportunity for humanitarian partners to explore how best to respond to the needs of all those caught up in the conflict. 

    The first roundtable reflected on the current response of the international community and consider its impact on civilians caught up in the conflict.

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  8. Disasters vol 36, issue supplement 1

    Publication - Bibliography and literature reviews - 18 June 2012
    Disasters vol. 36, issue supplement 1
    Various authors
    In the 21st century urban areas will be the primary setting for disasters and displacement – a fact the humanitarian sector is still struggling to adapt to. Examining recent responses, this edition of Disasters takes stock of how the humanitarian sector has fared in addressing urban violence, displacement and vulnerability in Damascus, Mogadishu, Port au Prince and other cities.
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  9. UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012
    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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  10. Sudanese oil worker in Unity State
    Sudanese oil worker in Unity State

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Enough project
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    Khartoum calling: what next for Sudan?

    Event - Public event - 26 April 2012 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))
    Recent military escalation in the disputed border areas of Sudan and South Sudan has further intensified tensions between the two countries. 

    This event, jointly organised by HPG/ODI, the Associate Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan (APG), and the Sudan Embassy in London, brings together panels in London and Khartoum to discuss looming humanitarian and political challenges facing Sudan and its neighbour in the south.

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