Global Economic & Social Policies

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WP744 - Wednesday 21 – Friday 23 April 2004

HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION - HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW CAN IT BE IMPROVED?

What are the coordination challenges currently facing the humanitarian community in relation to complex emergencies on the one hand, and the peacetime disaster management cycle on the other? What lessons have been learnt from recent crises, for example in Iran, Iraq, West Africa and the Great Lakes region? How has the role of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) evolved? What are the lessons learned on approaches to security issues? In disaster management, how can we encourage the adoption of approaches based on prevention rather than

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