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DanMUN 2012 Humanitarian crisis and security issues Kim Schultz Petersen Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark DANIDA. KEY HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES: IMPARTIALITY INDEPENDENCE NEUTRALITY. HUMANITARIAN SYSTEM: core actors. Recipients. Implementers. Providers. Donor governments;
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DanMUN 2012 Humanitarian crisis and security issues Kim Schultz Petersen Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark DANIDA
KEY HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES: IMPARTIALITY INDEPENDENCE NEUTRALITY
HUMANITARIAN SYSTEM:core actors Recipients Implementers Providers Donor governments; foundations and individual givers Red Cross/Crescent Movement, INGOs; NNGOs, UN agencies Host governments Affected populations
OTHER HUMANITARIAN ACTORS Private sector entities / commercial contractors Military Recipients Implementers Providers Donor governments; foundations and individual givers Red Cross/Crescent Movement, INGOs; NNGOs, UN agencies Host governments Affected populations Diaspora groups and global remittances (e.g. Zakat system) Military
WHERE IS THE MONEY SPENT? Four main categories of disasters: Rapid onset (High profile natural disasters) Haiti earthquake and Pakistan floods Chronic conflict situations Afghanistan, Sudan/South Sudan, DRC and oPt Forgotten or hidden emergencies Cote D’Ivoire, Central African Republic (CAR) Cyclical crises Sahel and Horn of Africa
ARE NEEDS BEING MET? Haiti Cote dIvoire / West Africa Libya Est. affected people Pakistan = 1m people $159 per person $306 per person $1,166 per person $135 per person $3.5bn $2.7bn $460m $159m Funds committed/contributed
WHY IS FUNDING UNEQUAL? Geo-political interest: high for chronic conflict lacking for forgotten or hidden emergencies Media attention High for rapid onset
Conclusions: • There systems and political forces trying to separate humanitarian issues and political or security issues – sometimes they do work. • Geopolitical interests are a determining factor in deciding where to intervene – i.e. money follows the security interests. • Within the chosen conflicts – the humanitarian actors strive to work by the humanitarian principles. • A humanitarian crisis does not necessarily become a security issue – the mechanism by which this happens is through large flows of refugees. • .