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No Relief: Surveying the effects of gun violence on humanitarian and development personnel
Report
27 Jun 2005
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Humanitarian and development personnel are increasingly facing intentional violence, intimidation and evacuations. Between July 2003 and July 2004 at least 100 civilian UN and NGO personnel were violently killed. The consequences of gun violence on the security
of workers and their access to civilian populations has been profound. The recent attacks against humanitarian workers in Iraq and Afghanistan have sent shockwaves through the international community – and the after-shocks will be felt for some time to come. As a measure of its seriousness, the 2004 UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Changes strongly condemned the increasing dangers facing relief and development workers.
No Relief is published by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the Small Arms Survey as part of the In the Line of Fire project, a global, multi-year study into the impacts of arms availability and misuse on humanitarian and development operations and personnel.
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