A Clash of Principles? Humanitarian Action and the Search for Stability in Pakistan

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
01 Sep 2009
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Development & humanitarian aid, Response and recovery
Countries
Pakistan
This HPG Policy Brief explores the role of principled
humanitarian action in relation to the response to
the current crisis in Pakistan. Drawing on
secondary documentation and interviews with key
informants in July 2009, it asks whether aid
agencies should restrict themselves to a relatively
limited role in an effort to ensure principled
humanitarian action, or whether they should
compromise their principles in an effort to achieve
greater humanitarian outcomes within broader
political and security agendas.