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Militarisation of Aid

	WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MILITARY IN DEVELOPMENT? resource guide Written by Kira Kern on August 10, 2011: Over the past few decades, the linkages between security and development have increased significantly.  Governments throughout the world have begun to adapt their military strategies to include plans for development.  This change is due to the increasing acceptance of the idea that development brings peace and stability.  There is a significant debate surrounding this change in strategy.  Some support military involvement in development efforts and believe military strategies can be effective in completing certain development initiatives.  Others believe that development is best left to NGOs and those organizations that are not affiliated with the government or the violence frequently associated with military operations....FULL TEXT: http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/what-is-the-role-of-military-in-development
	Militarisation of Humanitarian Aid What ways is aid being militarised and is aid being used to support militarisation? Today's wars involve systems of co-operation between military actors and aid agencies. According to International Humanitarian Law, one of the most important principles of humanitarian aid are unconditionality and impartiality ... > READ MORE
	Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship Stockholm, 17 June 2003. The objectives of humanitarian action are to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity during and in the aftermath of man-made crises and natural ... > READ MORE
	Humanitarian Action and the "Global War on Terror" July 2003. This report, the second in an annual series in which the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) reviews key trends in humanitarian policy, focuses on the implications for humanitarian ... > READ MORE
	Media and the Instrumentalisation of Aid, Military Involvement in Distribution of Aid 24.07.2003. Humanitarian organizations complain that aid is becoming less a response to real need and more a part of military strategy or a reaction to the media spotlight, often ... > READ MORE
	Aid Agencies and the Military in Humanitarian Response January 2002. Since the early 1990s, military forces have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance. This encroachment into what has traditionally been seen as ... > READ MORE
	Cooperation between Aid Organisations and Armed Forces in Humanitarian Aid May 2003. In the context of humanitarian aid, the involvement of national and multinational armed forces has been extended considerably since the end of the East-West Conflict ... > READ MORE
	Civil-Military Relationships in Complex Emergencies June 2004. Traditionally in complex emergencies, there has been a distinction between the military and the non-military domains: an approach built upon the principles of internationa ... > READ MORE
	Guidelines on the Use of Military Support for UN Humanitarian Activities March 2003. The following terms are essential for establishing a common understanding of the terminology used by the guidelines as set out in this document. A complex emergency, ... > READ MORE
	Country Examples - Humanitarian Aid as a Political Weapon July 20, 2006. Who..s Using Humanitarian Aid as a Political Weapon? When Zimbawe’s ZANU-PF government was accused of using food aid to punish political supporters of the Western ... > READ MORE
	Iraq : Humanitarian-Military Relations with Guidelines March 2003. Humanitarian aid is most effectively delivered by civilian humanitarian agencies under UN leadership. Military involvement can compromise the effective delivery of aid and lead ... > READ MORE
	Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan with Recommendations There is a considerable degree of confusion both among the humanitarian community and the Afghan population over the various military forces present in Afghanistan, particularly ... > READ MORE
	NATO and Humanitarian Action in the Kosovo Crisis When NATO warplanes began to unleash their bombs in March 1999 against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, even the most casual observer realized that the situation in Kosovo was ... > READ MORE

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