This report provides an overview of the world situation on the basis of an analysis of 37 indicators, divided into 8 large groups: conduct in relation to the international community, arms embargoes, militarisation, human rights, development, humanitarian crises, conflict and peace building, and International Humanitarian Law.

The report seeks to provide description and analysis of what has happened in the world throughout the year, in order to provide greater knowledge of advances, set-backs and dynamics affecting the whole of humanity and affect the development of policies

Arguing for the centrality of food, agriculture and rural development to poverty alleviation and the eradication of hunger, this annual report for 2002 attempts to provide an overview of the current situation and to reflect on some of the major challenges faced in eliminating world hunger and poverty and ensuring the sustainable use of our natural resources.

I - World review
Current agricultural situation - Facts and figures
The global economy and agriculture

II - Regional review
Africa
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean

Examining the role of development assistance in achieving peace and the directions such support should take, this paper looks at the following main issues:

- Concept of peacebuilding and legal frameworks
- Basic issues related to peacebuilding
- Proposals for future support of peacebuilding

The report aims to contribute to the debate on the importance of assistance, and especially "development assistance," directed at realising peace as a new means of supplementing efforts that are based on diplomatic and military approaches.

Aiming to stimulate policy makers, managers and implementers to strengthen their response to HIV/AIDS, this document provides user-friendly guidance and mobilise humanitarian actors working in refugee settings to address HIV/AIDS. It considers the following aspects:

- Modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS
- STIs and HIV
- Protection and human rights
- Guiding principles for program responses
- Establishing HIV/AIDS interventions
- Prevention of transmission
- Care for people living with HIV/AIDS

Rather than providing a comprehensive guide

This document provides a review of the coordination mechanisms and fora existing within the UN system and beyond in the face of emergencies and disasters.

The report describes the importance of coordination in international response, what it is intended for, what exactly is coordination in this particular environment, as well as provides overviews of the actors who participate in the process and actual coordination mechanisms.

Aiming to be of value to ILO staff in dealing some of the crisis response coordination challenges, the report highlights

In the context of an increased number of civilian aid workers killed in the line of duty, this paper analyses the deaths of humanitarian aid workers during the period of 1997 - 2001 with the use of the Structured Humanitarian Assistance Reporting (SHARE) approach for documenting and analysing data.

The analysis examines the trends and assessment of security threats faced by the humanitarian aid community as a whole by tracking incidents involving all organisations providing some type of humanitarian assistance, including UN agencies and national and international NGOs.

This paper argues that the complexity of emergencies demands a development oriented, participatory approach to address the multiple dimensions of food insecurity prevalent under such conditions. According to the author, conflicts are not apolitical events of violence, but are strongly linked to society during socalled normal, more peaceful times. He outlines seven milestones essential for participatory approaches in conflict situations:

- Targeting: reaching the unreached
- Sharing the cake
- Negotiating the tasks: local contribution

With military forces increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance and its effect on humanitarian space in terms of principle, policy and operational questions, this paper examines key issues concerning the roles of humanitarian actors and military forces. The following issues are discussed:

- The politics of peace operations
- The humanitarian perspective
- Towards a framework for civil-military relations

In addition, the paper puts forward recommendations to further dialogue and guide policy and practice for humanitarian agencies

This document examines the use of poverty maps as a new information analysis and communication tool, illustrating their potential use by international, national, and local decision-makers to direct investments in human development.

Drawing on case studies from 14 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the report reviews the use of poverty maps and some of the factors constraining their use in a wide variety of geographic and institutional settings. In addition, recommendations are provided for national and international actors for sustaining poverty mapping