This briefing paper provides an overview of what has become known as the 'Good Humanitarian Donorship' (GHD) initiative. It highlights the main accomplishments to date, and the challenges donor governments have faced in advancing the initiative. It includes the following sections:

- Stockholm: establishing the goals of GHD
- Starting from the same page: a shared definition of humanitarian action
- Formalising and communicating GHD commitments
- GHD principles and policy
- Operationalising the Good Practice commitments
- Ottawa: advancing the initiative

This handbook provides guidance on identifying and measuring possible humanitarian implications of sanctions. The sanctions assessment methodology presented in the book can be applied in advance of, during or following sanctions, and aims to address two key challenges associated with humanitarian assessments under sanctions: accurate evaluation of the current status of humanitarian conditions, and separation of the effects of sanctions on health and well-being from those due to other causes. The following sections are included in the document:

- Conceptual framework
- Causal

This manual provides guidance on M&E of national programmes for the prevention of HIV infection in infants and young children. Its purpose is to determine the level of success of programmes for the prevention of HIV infection in infants and young children, to identify areas where further support is required and to inform adaptation and scaling-up strategies.

Part I explains why it is important to monitor and evaluate programmes aimed at the prevention of HIV infection in infants and young children at the national level.

Part II provides information on the

The application of international humanitarian law and international human rights law to UN-mandated forces raises many questions. Several of these were discussed by a panel of academic experts, military legal advisers, representatives of governments and international organizations, and ICRC lawyers in Geneva on 11-12 December 2003.

The meeting was divided into three sessions. Two were devoted to the application of international humanitarian law, and one to the application of international human rights law to UN-mandated forces, according to the following framework:

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/166
OCHA Situation Report No. 15
Hurricane Ivan - Grenada Flash Appeal
1 October 2004

United Nations Flash Appeal for Grenada launched in New York Today

1. Following the presentation by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Barbados last week, the United Nations and its partners launched a Flash Appeal today in New York to respond to the urgent and immediate needs of the population of Grenada affected

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On 7 September 2004, Hurricane Ivan, one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the Caribbean region in the last 10 years, ravaged Grenada with rain and winds of 220 kilometres per hour. ‘Ivan,’ a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, left behind an unimaginable scene of destruction and despair on this tri-island nation of 102,000 inhabitants.

DARFUR
ICRC highlights

An assessment in the region of Silea shows that the nutritional situation may further deteriorate: It is estimated that the coming harvest will barely cover 20% of the overall food needs of the local population.

Last week, over 784 tonnes of food and essential household items arrived in Darfur to enable continuing distribution.

ICRC ACTIVITIES

Assistance

Western Darfur. The ICRC surgical team provided medical care to 24 war wounded in Gereida and Muhajaryya. The hospital in Zalingei provided an average of 160 consultations per day

MID MEHER ASSESSMENT
The Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) published its mid-season assessment report of the main or 'meher' season, highlighting the food supply prospect for 2005. Teams of the multi-agency assessment collected information from district level officials which included estimates of numbers in need in 2005. The estimated number of beneficiaries is additional to those that make up the Government's Safety Net Program estimated at 5.1 million, due to be in place at the start of 2005. The report estimates an additional 3.7 million emergency

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies.
FAITS MAJEURS

Une mission du HAG (Groupe Restreint de Suivi Humanitaire) à Bukavu pour l'élaboration d'un plan d'action pour le Sud-Kivu. Du mercredi 29 septembre au 1er octobre 2004, le Coordonnateur Humanitaire, M. Herbert M'cleod, a conduit une importante mission du HAG en provenance de Kinshasa, comprenant le PNUD, OCHA, l'UNICEF, le HCR, la FAO, UNFAP, l'OIT, la Banque Mondiale et la Coopération Belge. La mission a participé aux travaux de l'atelier destiné à élaborer un plan d'action