News / DT 10-11 / 2004
Key NGOs split over lobbying NATO to expand role in Afghanistan
A large group of Kabul-based NGOs wants NATO to expand its role in Afghanistan. Otherwise, they say, aid workers will be forced to withdraw from the country completely. A few key actors argue that such lobbying is tantamount to taking sides in the conflict, and compromises the neutrality of humanitarian NGOs.
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UN reform: multi-year funding, less power to agency heads
The authority and financial resources of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in recipient countries should be strengthened. Appointments of UN top officials should be done in a more transparent manner, starting with selection of the new heads of UNICEF and FAO.
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Chaotic but comfortable. Little interest in changing status quo
The latest major study of the international humanitarian system, undertaken as part of the Good Humanitarian Donorship process, offers a grim picture of how donors, NGOs and UN agencies handle emergency assistance in Burundi.
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No final decision on merging GAVI, Vaccine Fund
The Executive Committee of GAVI has recommended to the GAVI Board some principles for clarifying the different roles of GAVI and the Vaccine Fund. It favours a merging of the two entities.
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Norway recruits legal professionals to assist post-conflict societies
The Norwegian Justice Ministry has received a positive response to its request for legal professionals interested in working in crisis situations around the world.
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