Talk Back Index

Volume 2, 2000

GENERAL ISSUES

• Involving NGOs: Theory and Reality, Editorial (2-4)
• A Humanitarian Commission to Protect Civilians (2-4)
• The Fribourg Forum: Creating Another Layer of Bureaucracy? (2-4)
• Stability Pact Needs to Find its Identity (2-4)
• Security of Staff: Only Part of the Bigger Picture (2-6)
• The Entanglement of Humanitarians and the Military (2-1)
• NGOs and the Military Find Common Ground (2-6)
• Reforming UN Peacekeeping at the Expense of the Humanitarian (2-7)
• Wanted: A New Name for the "Humanitarian Ombudsman", Issue of the Month: NGO Accountability (2-3)
• Holding NGOs Accountable in Ethiopia, Issue of the Month: NGO Accountability (2-3)
• Trafficking Women - A Coordinated, Practical Rescue Response: ICMC's Experience in Albania, Members' Page (2-3)

REGIONS/COUNTRIES

Africa

• 3/4 of Operation Lifeline Sudan Shut Down in Part of South Sudan (2-2)
• Increased Reports of UNICEF's Poor Performance as OLS Southern Sector Coordinator (2-3)
• Holding NGOs Accountable in Ethiopia, Issue of the Month: NGO Accountability (2-3)
• Taking Advantage of Positive Developments in Sierra Leone: An Unrealistic Plan? (2-2)
• Refugee Camps on the Border: A Recipe for Disaster in West Africa, Issue of the Month (2-7)

Asia

• "Dire" Situation in East Timor as Reconstruction Proceeds too Slowly (2-2)
• East Timor's Burgeoning NGO Community (2-2)
• Rebuilding after Orissa's Super Cyclone: Turning Tragedy into Opportunity (2-2)
• Moving Afghans out of Iran (2-3)

Australia

• The Erosion of the Asylum System in Australia (2-4)

Europe

• Double Standard in Assistance Apparent in the Northern Caucasus (2-2)
• CIS Conference Process to Continue (2-4)
• Coordination in Kosovo: A Failure of Multilateralism (2-1)
• Ascribing Responsibilities for Ensuring Refugee Protection (2-1)
• The Entanglement of Humanitarians and the Military (2-1)
• ECRE/ICVA Reference Group on the Former Yugoslavia Kosovo Meeting (2-2)
• Governments and UNHCR Move to Close Kosovo Evaluation Debate (2-3)
• Trafficking Women - A Coordinated, Practical Rescue Response: ICMC's Experience in Albania, Members' Page (2-3)
• Stability Pact Needs to Find its Identity (2-4)
• One Year on in Serbia (2-4)
• Return Requires Time and Patience (2-4)

• US Military Assistance Package to Colombia will Exacerbate Conflict and lead to Greater Displacement than Planned, say NGOs (2-4)

IDPs

• New Momentum for a Single Agency Mandated to Protect and Assist IDPs (2-2)
• IASC Decides to Leave IDPs to UN Humanitarian Coordinators (2-3)
• Last Chance for the UN to Prove it Made the Right Decision on IDPs? (2-6)
• IDPs in Burundi: The UN is Still Not Getting it Right (2-7)

REFUGEES/UNHCR

EXCOM

• UNHCR's EXCOM Decides to Increase NGO Participation Without Asking the NGOs (2-3)
• NGO-UNHCR Pre-EXCOM Consultations' Format Revitalised (2-6)
• www.icva.ch/parinac - New PARinAC Website Launched (2-6)

Kosovo Evaluation

• Special Issue: The Independent Evaluation of UNHCR's Emergency Preparedness and Response to the Kosovo Refugee Crisis (2-1):
  • Introduction
  • Coordination in Kosovo: A Failure of Multilateralism
  • Ascribing Responsibilities for Ensuring Refugee Protection
  • The Entanglement of Humanitarians and the Military
• Governments and UNHCR Move to Close Kosovo Evaluation Debate (2-3)

General

• African NGOs Tell UNHCR to Focus on Protection (2-3)
• UNHCR Expects General Public to Become its Third Largest Donor (2-2)
• US Military Assistance Package to Colombia will Exacerbate Conflict and lead to Greater Displacement than Planned, say NGOs (2-4)
• The Erosion of the Asylum System in Australia (2-4)
• Refugee Camps on the Border: A Recipe for Disaster in West Africa, Issue of the Month (2-7)

Global Consultations on Protection

• UNHCR wants Governments to Reaffirm the Refugee Convention (2-4)
• Implementing the Refugee Convention: The Biggest Gap, Editorial (2-6)
• Three Track Consultations Risk Running Around in Circles (2-7)

The New UN High Commissioner for Refugees

• Choosing the Next HCR, Editorial (2-3)
• Special Issue: The Next UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2-5)
• What Qualifications Should the Next High Commissioner for Refugees Have?(2-6)
• Lubbers' Protection Agenda, Editorial (2-7)
• Political Backroom Deals Continue to be Status Quo for the UNSG, Opinion (2-7)

UNITED NATIONS

• The Deadlocked IASC, Editorial (2-2)
• Increased Reports of UNICEF's Poor Performance as OLS Southern Sector Coordinator (2-3)
• Reforming UN Peacekeeping at the Expense of the Humanitarian (2-7)
• Political Backroom Deals Continue to be Status Quo for the UNSG, Opinion (2-7)

• ICS - Italian Consortium of Solidarity (2-2)
• Refugee Children and Vulnerable Citizens (RCVC), Tajikistan (2-3)
• NNGOC - National NGO Council of Sri Lanka (2-4)