SGTM 09 Humanitarian Assistance

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SGTM 9 Humanitarian Assistance
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• What is humanitarian assistance
• Basic principles
• Scope of action
• Humanitarian roles
• Military support

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• Food
• Water and sanitation
• Shelter
• Health care
• Security

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• Preserving human dignity
• Neutrality
• Impartiality

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• Medical care, medicine, training education
• Food
• Non-food items pots, pans, soap, blankets
  tarpaulins

Health Food aid
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Water sanitation Shelter Infrastructure

• Clean, potable supply
• Construction
• Tents, camp layout
• Electricity
• Schools, hospitals

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• Local authorities
• Office for the Coordination ofHumanitarian
  Affairs
• United Nations agencies
• Intergovernmental organizations
• Donor-governmental agencies
• NGOs

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• Host-country authorization
• Host-country responsibilityfor protection
  well-being
• Humanitarian worksupplements host
  countrysefforts

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• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
  Affairs (OCHA)

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UNHCR WFP UNICEF WHO

• Refugees and IDPs
• Emergency food-aid relief
• Children and pregnant mothers
• Preventative health care

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International Committee of the Red
Cross International Federation of theRed
Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• International humanitarian law
• POW exchanges
• POW visits
• Humanitarian relief
• Humanitarian relief

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Donor-governmental agencies

• Represent Governments or regionalorganizations
• Provide funds to others
• Support NGOs United Nations agencies
• Support NGOs of own country
• Examples ECHO, USAID, DFID, CIDA,DANIDA

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NGOs

• Independent
• Humanitarian, human-rights anddevelopment work
• Tactical level and policy level
• Relation with United Nations
• Some cooperate, others dont
• United Nations does not control them
• United Nations respects their neutrality

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Military support

• Security
• Possibly, humanitarian work
• Exceptionally, substitute forcivil authority in
  humanitarian work

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Military Support

• Security
• Patrols
• Escort convoy
• Protection

• Support
• Transport
• Engineering
• Manpower
• Tents

• Technical
• Potable water
• Structures
• Medical support

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• Dont lose focus
• Dont become part of the problem
• Dont lead where others are supposed to act
• Do see humanitarian elements as partners
• Do use appropriate channels
• Do coordinate

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• Respect humanitarian mandates
• Support humanitarian partners
• Understand it as part ofwhole mission