One of the more daunting challenges of the 21st century is to provide assistance and protection to people uprooted within their own countries, especially those who are vulnerable to starvation, physical violence, acts of genocide or other serious abuse of their human rights. The recommendations present a formidable challenge to the UN and to governments.
The paper presents proposal from the IASC Task Force on Training for the creation of an IASC Emergency Team Leadership Programme (ETLP). The ETLP will provide a means for potential and current emergency team leaders to learn together and to share experiences. Using the Emergency Team Leaders Competency Profile as its foundation the programme will also foster establishment of networks and mentoring relationships across organizations.
This set of field guidelines is intended to provide guidance to humanitarian practitioners in identifying and measuring possible humanitarian consequences of sanctions. The guidelines, presented here, are relevant to a range of sanctions, including: arms embargoes, financial sanctions, travel-related sanctions and targeted trade sanctions. At the core of the guidelines is a sanctions assessment methodology, which facilitates evaluation of possible humanitarian consequences of sanctions.
The document contains five parts:
The Security Council and governments often use sanctions as a means to facilitate international peace and security. The information provided in this handbook is relevant to a number of different types of sanctions, including: arms embargoes, financial sanctions, travel-related sanctions and targeted trade sanctions. The methods presented are applicable to United Nations (UN)–imposed sanctions and to those imposed unilaterally or by regional actors.
