Sara Pantuliano, head of Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), and Simon Levine, research fellow HPG, delivered updates to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and other stakeholders on the recent developments in HPG/ODI research. The seminar was part of the efforts of MFA to contribute to more comprehensive discussions on humanitarian issues and to building a stronger research community within Norway.
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This event launches the publication of new HPG research documenting the profound effects that counter-terrorism legislation has on humanitarian action. The authors discuss how the application of counter-terrorism laws undermine humanitarian principles and erode the ability to provide assistance in a neutral and principled manner.
A DFID (Department for International Development) Logistics Officer helps to load a pallet of humanitarian aid to Pakistan onboard a C-17 aircraft, following devastating floods in the country in 2010. The tents were provided by the Department for International Development (DFID) which deals with global relief and development on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government.
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Lord Paddy Ashdown, parliamentarians and leading humanitarians debate the government’s response to the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review. Lord Ashdown will be joined by members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) and David Laws, MP will chair the event.
