This paper provides an updated policy framework for Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance for disasters and for resulting emergencies. It includes the following parts:

Part I provides background information, including working definitions and a brief discussion of the consequences of disasters and emergencies in the Asian region.

Part II provides an overview of existing ADB emergency policies and summarizes ADB disaster and emergency assistance.

Part III outlines key strategic issues and presents the revised ADB Policy on Disaster and Emergency Assistance,

The present report examines the issues outlined in the ten-point platform on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which was presented by the Under-Secretary-General to the security Council in December 2003, and identifies specific ways in which performance could be improved. The document is divided into the following sections:

- Review of performance on protection
- Way forward
- Concluding observations.

This fourth report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict is submitted pursuant to the request of the President

This document stresses the gaps which exist between refugee populations who need protection and the response of states and international organizations under obligation to provide it. To this purpose, the document includes the following sections:

 - Survivors stories: presents 26 accounts of forced return.
 - Human rights : basic rights concerning protection and non-refoulement.
 - State responsibility and practice: attitude of States regarding forced return.
 - UNHCR's mandate and response: obstacles that the UNHCR faces.

The Emergency Contraception for Conflict-Affected Settings: A Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium Distance Learning Module has been developed to meet the need for increased awareness and knowledge about emergency contraception (EC) among health service providers working with refugee and internally displaced populations (IDPs).

The module is a learning tool designed to provide basic information about EC that will help providers increase their knowledge about EC, better assess their clients' needs,be more sensitive

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 three times a year in English, Spanish and Arabic by the Refugee Studies Centre/University of Oxford in association with the Global IDP Project/Norwegian Refugee Council. The Spanish translation, Revista de Migraciones Forzadas, is produced by IDEI in Guatemala.

Contents
- Mainstreaming livelihoods support: the Refugee
- Livelihoods Project by Carrie Conway

At the Third Regular Session in 2003, the Board asked the Secretariat to clarify the humanitarian principles that guide WFP. At the First Regular Session in 2004, the Board endorsed the ten principles put forward by the Secretariat, and suggested a few amendments to the text. The Board asked the Secretariat to refer to other important bodies of law and the United Nations Charter. The proposed statement of humanitarian principles provided in paragraph 14 addresses the Board's comments, as does the body of the paper. It reflects the belief that the

Most contemporary wars are intra-state conflicts, which often have far-reaching regional as well as international dimensions and ramifications. Such conflicts not only rupture a country's development; they are often the consequence of the failure of a country's developmental efforts. The nexus between development and security is an important one, but it is only beginning to be understood and addressed by the international community.

The United Nations warned today that the crisis in Darfur, western Sudan, will worsen dramatically unless security there is immediately improved and humanitarian agencies have better access to those in need.
A UN mission which just completed a three-day visit to the area called on the Sudanese Government to accelerate its efforts to address control armed militias, provide security and protection for displaced people, and facilitate humanitarian access.

"Displaced families are living in difficult and unacceptable conditions and they continue to fear for their