This issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on the crisis in the West Bank and Gaza

Articles set out the current situation in the oPt and outline the impact of the barrier and the closure system. Rolf Holmboe, Denmark's representative to the Palestinian Authority, describes his government's programme to enable municipalities to provide basic services and support community development. Other
articles look at UNDP's efforts to help individuals and communities to reclaim their agency and dignity, the hidden crisis of displacement, the impact of human rights group B'Tselem's

One of the most urgent issues of our time, climate change is already impacting populations and ecosystems around the globe, threatening to set back development efforts by decades. But the impacts are not being felt equally.

The differentiated impacts of climate change on women are numerous. An understanding of how climate change, sustainable development and population issues intersect-and the specific impacts on women-will help in the development of effective, gender-sensitive policies and programmes.

El desarrollo humano sitúa a las personas en el centro del desarrollo. Se trata, en este sentido, de que las personas desarrollen su potencial, aumenten sus posibilidades y disfruten de la libertad para vivir la vida que valoran. Desde 1990, los Informes sobre Desarrollo Humano anuales han analizado los desafíos que plantean la pobreza, las cuestiones de género, la democracia, los derechos humanos, la libertad cultural, la globalización, la escasez de agua y el cambio climático.

Failure by national governments and international institutions to ensure the right to food has led to rising numbers of malnourished and starving people, as documented in the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2009. The report which is being launched this week on the occasion of World Food Day in twelve countries worldwide, is a common endeavor of a Consortium of human rights organisations, social movements and development agencies, among them Brot f=FCr die Welt, FIAN International and the Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation (ICCO).

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Nous, Chefs d'État et de gouvernement des États membres de l'Union africaine ;

CONSCIENTS de la gravité de la situation des personnes déplacées qui constitue une source d'instabilité et de tension continuelles pour les États africains ;

ÉGALEMENT CONSCIENTS de la souffrance et de la vulnérabilité spécifique des personnes déplacées;

RÉITÉRANT la coutume et la tradition africaines inhérentes d'hospitalité par les Communautés locales d'accueil pour les personnes en détresse, et l'appui à ces communautés ;

Policy-making requires accurate, deep and timely knowledge of any situation. And development is no exception. In Europe, there is a wealth of universities and research institutes which think about development issues and produce enlightened analytical work. However, its full potential has yet to be unleashed for numerous reasons, including fragmentation of efforts, a lack of resources and a relative disconnection from the policy- making sphere.

The "Mobilizing European research for development policies" initiative is meant to remedy this situation. Currently

CSSProject for Integrative Mediation (CSSP) is an NGO operating primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia.

In concrete terms, the main aim of CSSP is to develop different formats and environments in which conflict parties come together to discuss issues of concern, build trusting relationships, and develop durable solutions. The stakeholders are brought together in tailor-made mediation processes based on the Integrative Mediation methodology and involving elements of Stakeholder Consultation, Conflict Analysis,

Landmine Monitor Report 2009 is the eleventh annual report by Landmine Monitor, an unprecedented civil society initiative providing research and monitoring for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition. Landmine Monitor collects information and assesses the international community's response to the global landmine, cluster munition, and explosive remnants of war problem, especially with regard to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Since 1999, Landmine Monitor has assessed and reported annual progress in the implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty.