In 2006, ESS was involved in a total of eleven evaluation activities, two more than in the previous year. Nine of these were directly managed or conducted by the section. These included, on an inter-agency basis, the finalization of the evaluation of Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC), the wrapping-up and dissemination of a systemwide evaluation of the coordination of the international response to the tsunami, an evaluation of the Human Security Trust Fund, an inter-agency real-time review of the application of the cluster approach in Pakistan, and active

At the June 2006 General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Member States agreed to work towards the goal of "universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support" by 2010. This goal calls for the international community to further build on the progress made in the global response to HIV/AIDS in recent years.

For this reason, WHO, as the UNAIDS cosponsor responsible for the health sector response in the context of scaling up access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, has established

This paper advances the argument that if capacity-building programmes were to instead operate from the idea of a strategic global-regional partnership - and thereby practical division of peacekeeping roles, responsibility, and labour - conflict management conducted by the AU could not only perhaps be made more feasible, but could ultimately be transformed into a pivotal component of the African peace and security architecture.

This paper is divided into five chapters which include an overview of regionalized peacekeeping in Africa, an analysis

En 2002 et de nouveau en 2005, les gouvernements des Etats membres de l'Union européenne (UE) se sont engagés à accroître d'une manière substantielle l'aide aux pays pauvres. Selon les résultats officiels, la plupart des pays européens ont tenu leurs promesses relatives à l'aide. Les citoyens européens devraient cependant se retenir d'applaudir à cette annonce parce que nombre de gouvernements continuent à faire des déclarations trompeuses en ce qui concerne les budgets relatifs à l'aide: près d'un tiers de l'aide publique au développement (APD) déclarée ne sont pas réellement de l'aide.

Why GAO Did This Study

The United States is the largest global food aid donor, accounting for over half of all food aid supplies to alleviate hunger and support development. Since 2002, Congress has appropriated an average of $2 billion per year for U.S. food aid programs, which delivered an average of 4 million metric tons of food commodities per year. Despite growing demand for food aid, rising business and transportation costs have contributed to a 52 percent decline in average tonnage delivered over the last 5 years. These costs represent 65 percent of total emergency food

The Global Overview provides an analysis of the world-wide internal displacement crisis, reflecting developments in 2006. It is a unique report in that it is the only comprehensive and regularly published account of the global internal displacement situation. In addition to an analysis of developments at the global level, the report also provides overviews of regional and thematic trends.

By publishing this report, the IDMC hopes to raise awareness of the still often overlooked plight of some 25 million people internally displaced by conflict and persecution and to

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian organisation which provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to displaced persons worldwide. It is the only Norwegian humanitarian organisation to specialise in international work with this target group. NRC works in close collaboration with the UN and other organisations, both around the world and in Norway.

At the end of 2006, NRC had projects running in 20 countries in Africa, Asia, America and Europe. The three main pillars of NRC operations - Programme Activities, Advocacy and Emergency

The 2007 ProVention Forum focused on the theme of 'Making Disaster Risk Reduction Work'. The Forum was held in Dar es Salaam and brought together more than 100 partners. The aim of this Forum report is to highlight the most innovative ideas, the greatest challenges and any emerging trends for disaster risk reduction that came out of the formal workshop discussions and more informal discussions between participants during the meeting.