Add to ORKGA recent string of humanitarian tragedies, notably in Somalia, Rwanda and East Timor, highlighted an urgent need to improve the international humanitarian system. The controversial nature of humanitarian intervention stems from issues concerning its legitimacy, its encroachment onto the 'sovereignty' of states and questions revolving around when to intervene, who can intervene, with whose authority, how to intervene and where to intervene. Kofi Annan, the current Secretary-General of the UN, identified the fundamental need for consensus building among UN member states on the issues and procedures of humanitarian intervention. At the UN General Assembly in 1999 and 2000, he had repeatedly requested the international community to settle on a ...
In 2010, vast humanitarian crises from Haiti to Pakistan almost overwhelmed the international system...
At the 2005 World Summit, the world's leaders committed themselves to the "responsibility to protect...
In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to exten...
A recent string of humanitarian tragedies, notably in Somalia, Rwanda and East Timor, highlighted an...
A new threat to international peace and security exists in the post Cold War years. The demise of th...
The humanitarian intervention debate in the UN began in earnest with former Secretary General Boutro...
Large-scale humanitarian crises in foreign countries raise the question of whether or not other coun...
Every case of humanitarian intervention gives rise to mixed feelings of hope and despair. Hope comes...
The use of force for humanitarian purposes has led to a dilemma to the United Nations and consequent...
Due to ponderous humanitarian needs, the UN and NGOs are bedeviled with outstretch of its resources ...
Since the 19th century, humanitarian interventions have often been treated as suspect because they m...
“Humanitarian catastrophes,” conflicts and calamities generating both widespread human suffering and...
Two leading experts in the field re-examine the traditional understanding of humanitarian interventi...
Explores the UN's track record of military action, from cold war 'brushfire' peacekeeping to the fra...
This assessment addresses the intervention of intrastate conflict through the coordination of humani...
In 2010, vast humanitarian crises from Haiti to Pakistan almost overwhelmed the international system...
At the 2005 World Summit, the world's leaders committed themselves to the "responsibility to protect...
In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to exten...
A recent string of humanitarian tragedies, notably in Somalia, Rwanda and East Timor, highlighted an...
A new threat to international peace and security exists in the post Cold War years. The demise of th...
The humanitarian intervention debate in the UN began in earnest with former Secretary General Boutro...
Large-scale humanitarian crises in foreign countries raise the question of whether or not other coun...
Every case of humanitarian intervention gives rise to mixed feelings of hope and despair. Hope comes...
The use of force for humanitarian purposes has led to a dilemma to the United Nations and consequent...
Due to ponderous humanitarian needs, the UN and NGOs are bedeviled with outstretch of its resources ...
Since the 19th century, humanitarian interventions have often been treated as suspect because they m...
“Humanitarian catastrophes,” conflicts and calamities generating both widespread human suffering and...
Two leading experts in the field re-examine the traditional understanding of humanitarian interventi...
Explores the UN's track record of military action, from cold war 'brushfire' peacekeeping to the fra...
This assessment addresses the intervention of intrastate conflict through the coordination of humani...
In 2010, vast humanitarian crises from Haiti to Pakistan almost overwhelmed the international system...
At the 2005 World Summit, the world's leaders committed themselves to the "responsibility to protect...
In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to exten...