| Understanding the security management practices of humanitarian organizations. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18380854 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Humanitarian organisations operate in increasingly hostile environments. Although authoritative statistics are scarce, anecdotal evidence suggests that aid workers face life-threatening risks that are exacerbated by the growing number of humanitarian organisations operating in the field, the diversity of their mandates, the lack of common professional security standards, and limited success in inter-agency security coordination. Despite broad acceptance of the need for better security management and coordination, many humanitarian organisations remain ambivalent about devoting increased resources to security management and security coordination. A critical lack of basic empirical knowledge of the field security environment hampers efforts to enhance security management practices. The absence of a systematic means of sharing incident data undermines the capacity of the humanitarian community to address proactively security threats. In discussions about humanitarian staff safety and security, the least common denominator remains cumulative anecdotal evidence provided by the many security personnel working for humanitarian organisations in the feld. |
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Authors:
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Vincenzo Bollettino |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Disasters Volume: 32 ISSN: 0361-3666 ISO Abbreviation: Disasters Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-02 Completed Date: 2008-07-02 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7702072 Medline TA: Disasters Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 263-79 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. vbollett@hsph.harvard.edu |
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Altruism* Humans Relief Work / organization & administration* Risk Safety Management* Security Measures* United Nations* |
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