In its relief work, Caritas places the needs of the human person - especially the poor and the vulnerable - at the centre of its concerns and works to empower people to take hold of their own destiny. As a grassroots organisation, Caritas does not enter into an emergency situation and then pull out months later, but rather accompanies communities before, during, and after a crisis. From small-scale emergencies that barely make the news to large-scale disasters that hold the world's attention, Caritas is present, mobilising resources and personnel

This HPG Background Paper is the first significant attempt to assess private sector humanitarian financing trends over the period 1995-2005. By 'private sector' we mean funding flows by private individuals, corporations and charitable foundations to international humanitarian action. The analysis is based on a review of quantitative and qualitative data covering a sample of organisations considered to be the major humanitarian players.

The report finds that there has been a significant increase in private sector humanitarian aid during the decade

As the latest in a series focusing on lessons learnt from relief and recovery operations, ALNAP and the ProVention Consortium have published a briefing paper on "Slow-onset disasters: drought and food and livelihoods insecurity". The lessons are drawn from evaluations of past relief and recovery responses and cover a range of topics - including supporting livelihoods, assessment, designing effective interventions, participation, targeting, coordination, learning, and risk reduction. It also contains a list of suggested key resources for further information.

Forced Migration Review provides a forum for the regular exchange of practical experience, information and ideas between researchers, refugees and internally displaced people, and those who work with them. It is published in English, Spanish, Arabic and French by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

Contents

- Foreword by Antonio Guterres.
- UN's role in Iraq by Ashraf Jehangir Qazi.
- Iraq bleeds: the remorseless rise of violence and displacement by Ashraf al-Khalidi and Victor Tanner.
- Iraq: the search for solutions by

En 2008, le monde parviendra à un point d'inflexion d'une importance majeure, quelle que soit sa visibilité immédiate : pour la première fois de son histoire, plus de la moitié de la population du globe, soit 3,3 milliards d'habitants, vivra en milieu urbain. D'ici 2030, ce chiffre devrait avoisiner les 5 milliards. Beaucoup des nouveaux citadins seront pauvres et leur avenir, celui des villes des pays en développement et celui de l'humanité entière dépendront dans une grande mesure des décisions prises dès aujourd'hui pour gérer cette croissance.

Contenido

Presentación

1) Más recursos para la salud
- Movilización de recursos
- Política del presupuesto regional por programas
- Apoyo a países para acceder a recursos globales
- Alianzas con otras entidades

2) Nuevos instrumentos y modalidades de cooperación
- Influenza pandémica
- Preparación para casos de emergencia o desastre
- Iniciativa 3x5 en VIH/SIDA
- Plan Regional de VIH-ITS 2006-2015
- Otros instrumentos

3) Mayor solidaridad y acción panamericana
- La salud en la agenda política de

In the more modern context, safety and dignity are linked in numerous international agreements, peace treaties and UN documents, which stress that the return of refugees must take place in 'conditions of safety and dignity'. While considerable progress has been made in articulating detailed benchmarks on safety for returnees, the core principle of dignified return remains largely unexamined, both practically and theoretically. This paper explores the origins, evolution and content of the principle of return in 'safety and dignity', and focuses

FOREWORD

Food aid deliveries declined by 18 percent in 2006 to 6.7 million tons, its lowest level since 1973. After the small increase in 2005, food aid deliveries continued an overall declining trend. All three categories of food aid declined. Emergency food aid suffered the largest drop with 20 percent in 2006. Programme food aid declined by 19 percent and project food aid by 14 percent.

This declining trend in food aid is in contrast with the rapid increase in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in recent years. ODA increased from almost $60 billion in 1997, an

2006 was an important year for IRC. The organization successfully completed its Business Plan for 2002- 2006 and embarked on a new plan for the coming five years. It also became autonomous from the development cooperation and environment ministries that had traditionally provided its core funding. In the new situation, both ministries have agreed to provide funding under the new Business Plan.

The main theme running through all activities in 2006 was capacity strengthening. IRC believes that capacity constraints are a major hurdle in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the