‘Mixed mandates’ of NGOs, OCHA threaten humanitarian neutrality

News November 20, 2006

The majority of humanitarian organisations are unable to maintain neutrality in the post-9/11 world. Even OCHA is becoming a fixture within a political organisation, the UN. A new report by the Feinstein International Centre warns that unless roles are clearly separated humanitarianism will not survive.

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