International Development - First Report
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CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
Acknowledgements
Figure 1: A map of Afghanistan
Summary
Introduction
1. Overview
2. Impact of September 11
3. Delivering humanitarian assistance in
the current crisis
Funding and the international response
Pledges and Commitments
Funding humanitarian operations
The European Commission's contribution
DFID's contribution
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
The situation before September 11
Refugees
Refugees in the current crisis
IDPs and stranded vulnerable populations
Camps inside Afghanistan
Food and Non-food aid
Background to the food crisis
The WFP Regional Emergency Operation
Actions by the World Food Programme
The logistics of food and non-food deliveries
Pause in the bombing
Bypassing the urban logistic hubs
Primary distribution, secondary distribution
and distribution to vulnerable populations
Non-food needs
Purchasing surplus food locally
Regional Considerations
US Military food drops of humanitarian daily
rations
4. Context for Humanitarian Assistance in
the current crisis
Need for stability/law and order
International humanitarian law and the
protection of humanitarian relief workers
Co-ordination of the aid effort
Political, Military and Humanitarian co-ordination
Joint Logistics Centre
Importance of effective communication
The role of international and national staff
Access and a humanitarian space
Preparedness and prediction
The media response to the crisis
Politicisation of humanitarian assistance
5. Looking forward to longer term reconstruction
needs
Involving the Afghan people
Security and stability
The role of the UN and the international
community in tackling poverty
The shape of a future government
The need for a regional aid strategy
From food-for-work to institution building
- bridging the gap
Repatriation
The outlook for food security
Opium production
Basic services
Demobilisation, disarmament and child soldiers
Demining
The role of women
Risk of Talibanisation of Pakistan
6. Conclusion
LIST OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES
OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF MEMORANDA RECEIVED AND PLACED IN
THE LIBRARY
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 300-II)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 300-II)
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