Iraq and Conflict and security
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- The BLDS conflict collection
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- Search for the latest conflict-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Presenting humanitarian mine action case studies
- Norwegian People's Aid, 2008
- Humanitarian mine action refers to activities undertaken to reduce the effect caused by land-mines and other explosive remnants of war in terms of social, economic and environmental impact of mines. The objective is the reduction of r...
- Reviewing the successes and failures of small arms destruction projects
- A. Karp / Small Arms Survey, 2008
- The world appears to be witnessing the largest systematic destruction of excess small arms and light weapons since the end of the Second World War. Although surplus destruction is well established in the international security-buildin...
- Humanitarian missions: under threat?
- A. Donini (ed); L. Fast; G. Hansen / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2008
- Is ‘humanitarianism’ at risk? The humanitarian community is operating in a ‘changing’ environment which is forcing it to question its own notions of inclusivity and grapple with the fundamental issue of im...
- What is the current situation for IDP’s in Iraq?
- International Organization for Migration, 2008
- This paper reports on the current situation with regards to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in Iraq. It outlines the spread of IDP’s across Governorates, trends and discusses some of the main trends and stated needs i...
- Iraq: health care in crisis
- International Committee of the Red Cross, 2008
- This report, by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), details the findings and observations made by ICRC personnel during their contacts with staff in hospitals, health care centres and water and sanitation facilities. ...
- Urgent assistance for Iraqi refugees
- International Rescue Committee / International Rescue Committee, 2008
- Based on interviews with senior officials from the United Nations and the governments of Iraq, the United States, Jordan and Syria, this paper reports on the situation with regards to assistance for refugees, diplomatic engagement and...
- The humanitarian challenge in Iraq: more action needed
- Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2008
- This paper presents an assessment of humanitarian action in Iraq to date. It looks at the shortcomings of past humanitarian activity in the country since the invasion by coalition forces, with a view to learning how to deal with prese...
- World religions share general ethics of war
- Vesselin Popovski; Nicholas Turner / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- After armed conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, there is a need to re-examine religious teachings on the use of force. The moral and legal issues surrounding war are complicated by the proliferation of weapons of mass destructi...
- Assessing the quality of support given to the Iraqi health system after the 2003 invasion
- Medact, 2008
- This Medact report describes how the war in Iraq and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous impact on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people and sets out the measures that are needed to improve health and health servi...
- Children in armed conflict: current trends and concerns
- Reliefweb, 2007
- This document is the annual report from the Secretary-General. It details progress in the implementation of SC Resolution 1612 – ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and its monitoring and reporting mecha...
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