Humanitarian

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• UN: Secretary-General Should Evaluate Gaza Inquiries

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 682
  (New York) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should provide an analytic, evaluative report on Israeli and Hamas investigations into alleged laws-of-war violations during the Gaza conflict, as requested by the General Assembly, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the secretary-general made public ...
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• Congo warlords in the dock at Hague court

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 725
  Source: Reuters * Congo warlords deny war crimes charges * Prosecution, defence to make opening statements (Adds start of trial, not guilty pleas) By Aaron Gray-Block and Suzan ...
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• Swiss Study Documents War Crimes In Video Games

  
  What The Christ? — Authority: 154
  Kotaku recently reported on a strange study conducted by Pro Juventute , a Swiss children’s rights group, and Track Impunity Always (TRIAL) , an international criminal justice group. The groups evaluated nineteen computer and video games for their compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) . Like I ...
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• Kenya Chapter Coordinator Job Vacancy: The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace – AMANI Forum

  
  MY AFRICAN CAREER — Authority: 161
  The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace – AMANI Forum is a regional organization of Parliamentarians focusing on peace building and conflict mitigation in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.It... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://myafricancareer.blogspot.com/ for Vacancies, Career Tips and Resume ...
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• Look What I got Today….

  
  3Ps in a Pod — Authority: 432
  I love the Salvation Army.  They do good things for people and make it easy for the rest of us to bring out our best selves by caring about others.  I love it at this time of year when we to a store and the bell ringers are there, greeting you and hoping that you will your donation to the little red kettle.  I love ...
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• Single-issue approaches to postcolonial problems

  
  MoStFab — Authority: 419
  Back in the spring this year, when the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, one could fear several bad consequences. One obvious possibility was that the Sudanese government might kick out all humanitarian organisations from Sudanese territory, leaving a huge ...
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• World’s Largest Earthquake-Proof Building Completed in Istanbul

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  Istanbul’s brand new Sabiha Gökçen International Airport airport terminal opened on October 31st of this year and is now the world’s largest earthquake-proof building. Named after the world’s first woman combat pilot, the new 2 million square-foot structure is capable of not only withstanding a magnitude ...
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• Emergency Logistics

  
  husdal.com — Authority: 466
  Can commercial logistics’ ideas and solutions work in humanitarian supply chains? No. Why? Well, perhaps they could work, but in most cases they won’t, simply because there is a profound lack of technical logistics knowledge in many aid agencies and even more so, very few experienced logisticians working in the ...
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• Troops stocking winter aid for Iraqi residents

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  Killeen, Texas native, Sgt. Chester Temple, unloads water filters during the stocking of a humanitarian aid warehouse on Camp Taji, Nov. 21. The unit, along with their counterparts from the 37th Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, will distribute water filters and blankets to Iraqi residents in the coming months. Photo ...
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• Malaria Kills Millions Every Year in Africa

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  Malaria is one of the 21st century’s great plagues. It is responsible for anywhere from 1 to 3 million deaths per year, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts to eradicate the disease are mounting: in the year 2000, just 3% of children under 5, in sub-Saharan Africa, slept with mosquito nets; by 2008, that ...
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• Congo warlords in the dock at Hague court

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 725
  Source: Reuters * Congo warlords deny war crimes charges * Prosecution, defence make opening statements on Tuesday By Aaron Gray-Block THE HAGUE, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The worlds first permanent war crimes ...
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• The Unicef Snowflake

  
  Eco-Friendly Tips — Authority: 520
  UNICEF has saved more lives than any other humanitarian organization, a lifesaving organization that operates in over 150 countries. It is of course no surprise how successful the UNICEF Lighting Snowflake Ceremony was over the weekend. Lucy Liu a longtime supporter and actress was there to illuminate the snowflake ...
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• Afghanistan: Counting the cost of war

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 724
  Nick Fielding reviews “The Cost of War: Afghan Experiences of Conflict 1978-2009″, a report by nine NGOs working in Afghanistan analyzing 30 years of war and a devastating impact they had.
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• Mongolia: Edurelief project “Laptops for Teachers”

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 724
  Radigan Neuhalfen writes about new program “Laptops for Teachers”, aimed at promotion of education in Mongolia.
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• PREVIEW-Congolese warlords to stand trial at world court

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 725
  Source: Reuters * Prosecutor says attack was part of systematic violence * Defendants deny committing war crimes By Aaron Gray-Block and Suzan Yucel THE HAGUE, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two Congolese warlords go ...
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• Publications: Conference Reflections, Humanitarian Action/Africa, IDPs & Camps, Land & Conflict, Somalis/India

  
  Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog — Authority: 425
  Beyond IDP Camps (IntLawGrrls, Nov. 2009) [text]- Comment on the recent ICRC report on internal displacement in the context of armed conflict.Hunger, Disaster, Hope: Rethinking Humanitarian Action in Africa (IFRC, Nov. 2009) [text]Internally displaced people: facing up to the challenges (ICRC, Nov. 2009) [text]The ...
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• Cry The Beloved Country; On-The-Ground Insight into Samoa’s Aid & Relief Work

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 145
  Welcome to our latest writer at pacificEyeWitness.org: Malia Tua’i Manuleleua. She’s recently returned from Samoa after volunteering as part of the Psycho-Social Response teams working in tsunami-affected villages along the South Coast of Upolu. One of about 70 or so local and overseas volunteers, Malia was part ...
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• Exploring climate change and its effects on the world’s children

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  During 2006,major international humanitarian assistance was required for 8 million people whose lives were threatened in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – including around 1.6 million children under the age of five.1 Because of climate change areas that have previously ...
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• Yemen: A Civil or Proxy War?

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 724
  The ongoing war in Yemen certainly warrants coverage on Global Voices Online , but I was really shocked when I realized that there werent many bloggers interested in the conflict. Here are some scattered extracts from post written by bloggers from different countries. Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabye keeps a dairy ...
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• More news: IDF schedules 213 truckloads of basic goods to go to Gaza today

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 126
  This, Madame Secretary [Hilary Clinton], is positive reinforcement:  when the IDF, exceptionally, schedules over 200 truckloads of what they call “humanitarian aid” — really, the most basic goods — to enter Gaza, it is worth writing about. This is the third time in the past two weeks that we’ve had such an ...
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