Syrian aid groups seek greater role
03/18/2015. Local NGOs and diaspora groups involved in frontline aid delivery in Syria want more recognition from the wider humanitarian community as well as the chance to access direct funding, rather than working merely as silent implementers for international NGOs.
Relations between local and international aid agencies are often uneasy – and the topic is likely to feature prominently on the agenda at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul – but the scale of the Syrian crisis, as well as access and security challenges, have raised the stakes.
Read more on the refworld website
Related Articles
Is Angela Merkel going to succeed Ban Ki-moon?
04/02/2016. In its seventy years of existence, the international organization installed along the East River has never been led by a woman.
A Conversation With Nikki Haley
03/30/2017. The Ambassador discusses the United States’ goals for its term as president of the UN Security Council in April, and outlines her plans to highlight human rights and to assess current UN peacekeeping missions.
Libya’s warring sides reach diplomatic breakthrough in Rome
04/24/2017. Rome has brokered a diplomatic breakthrough in Libya that has the potential to bring the two main warring sides together in a new political agreement after years of division, fighting and economic misery.
