Conflict and Humanitarian Action

Author(s)
Doyle, M. and Johnstone, I.
Publication language
English
Pages
30pp
Date published
01 Oct 1993
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Protection, human rights & security, Peacebuilding
Countries
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Croatia, Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Organisations
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

The conference began with two case studies. In the former Yugoslavia, UNHCR and UNPROFOR have waged a daily struggle to achieve access to the victims of war; in Cambodia, UNHCR repatriated 370,000 refugees in a comprehensive peace process conducted under the supervision of UNTAC. The Cambodia operation which, despite some serious difficulties, is widely regarded as a successful marriage between peacekeeping and humanitarian action would be contrasted to the mission in the Former Yugoslavia, equally widely regarded as a case of humanitarian action and peacekeeping in crisis. Mr. Kofi Annan, Under-Secretary-General
for Peace-keeping Operations, would offer the keynote address, "Peace-keeping and Humanitarian Action". The conference then divide into five panels, each focusing on a central question:
1. When should the United Nations intervene with force for humanitarian purposes?
2. What role should the UN play to prevent disasters?
3. To what extent should humanitarian action and peacekeeping be linked in the field?
4. How can the way in which the Security Council deals with these issues be improved?
5. What should the relation be between human rights monitoring and humanitarian action ?