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| Introducing: the UN Manual on Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups |
| 2006-03-24 |
| United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland said that he strongly urges all those engaged in negotiations with non-state armed groups to consult the manual in order to prepare and conduct the dialogue with these groups carefully. Every day, aid workers in the field are faced with situations that require some form of negotiations. These can include seeking agreements to access people in need, reaching an understanding on how to protect civilians or requesting safe passage and/or security guarantees for humanitarian operations. For humanitarian workers, therefore, negotiating successfully with all actors in situations of crisis or conflict is essential to be able to provide effective and timely humanitarian assistance and protection. To facilitate a structured approach to humanitarian negotiations, OCHA initiated, with the support of the Swiss Government, a project to develop a practical and user-friendly guide on negotiations with non-state armed groups for humanitarian, development and human rights workers. After research, extensive consultations with members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and several field visits, OCHA has been able to produce both the manual and a companion set of field guidelines. "We envision that the manual and the companion set of guidelines will become essential guides for humanitarian practitioners in the field," said Egeland. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #10 Using megaphone, screem "If you're hungry, thirsty, or need medical attention, put your guns down and come in with your hands above your head." |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-24 20:31 |
| #9 To save everybody some time - and please Gaia by saving trees - the U All it needs to say is BOAKYSAG. (Bend over and kiss your sweet ass goodbye.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-24 17:24 |
| #8 "Do not annoy Mr. Happy Fun Jihadi." |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-03-24 16:25 |
| #7 From the manual... Aggressive promotion of international law may generally not be as successful as expected. Many armed groups have not been sensitized to agree with these laws; Ah, no. That's not one of mine... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-03-24 12:06 |
| #6 fly specked, cholera infested armed group stronghold I rather like that mental picture... But tu left out the part about the press conferences with the thinly veiled references to Zionists. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-03-24 10:47 |
| #5 You want me to negotiate? |
| Posted by: Korben Dallas 2006-03-24 10:43 |
| #4 Step 1. Call for millions in aid money. Step 2. Move negotiations from fly specked, cholera infested armed group stronghold to neutral venue. Like Paris...or Rome...or Vienna...or Geneva...or... Step 3. Call caterers. Step 4. Conferences, conferences, conferences. Step 5. Condemnation. Step 6. Condemnation "in no uncertain terms". Step 7. Deadline. Step 8. Extend deadline. Step 9. Extend extended deadline. Step 10. Strongly worded note. Step 11. Working Group formed. Step 12. Working Group forms Study Committee. Step 13. Study Committee forms Conference Committee. Step 14. Extend extended extended deadline. Step 15. Conference Committee forms Study Committee to form Summit Committee. Step 16. Summit Committee hires Kojo as "consultant". Step 17. Extend extended extended extended deadline. Step 18. Call for billions in aid money. Step 19. Repeat steps 2-18. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-03-24 10:19 |
| #3 Linky, if you have some extra time today... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-03-24 10:16 |
| #2 well, that ought to just about take care of it. |
| Posted by: Glamble Throluper5981 2006-03-24 09:40 |
| #1 *snort* |
| Posted by: Jans Snomble4884 2006-03-24 02:04 |