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The role and safety of humanitarian field workers during peace missions
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Trabalhadores humanitários de campo que contribuem para a maioria do pessoal de ajuda no campo e tendem a realizar a maior parte do trabalho na assistência às populações beneficiárias. Embora as estatísticas mostrem que os trabalhadores humanitários internacionais (expatriados) têm uma taxa per capita mais alta como vítimas de ataques violentos, os funcionários nacionais, devido ao seu maior número e maior exposição nas posições de campo da linha de frente, compreendem a grande maioria das vítimas todos os anos. Somente esse fato deve ser suficiente para colocar a segurança dos trabalhadores humanitários no nível mais alto das prioridades de uma organização. Este trabalho centra-se numa questão importante e hoje crítica, para todos os stakeholders da Acção Humanitária: o facto de que os trabalhadores humanitários, cada vez mais enraizados no plano nacional (com pessoal nacional e local), trabalharem num ambiente cada vez mais perigoso. Como é possível trabalhar no contexto dos novos paradigmas da acção humanitária - de forma mais equitativa e responsável - e abordar, ao mesmo tempo, as necessidades de segurança dos intervenientes de ajuda nacional? Isso requer uma mudança nas mentalidades e recursos? O trabalho sublinha que os progressos globais na equitabilidade da segurança para o pessoal humanitário têm sido lentos e, para os parceiros nacionais, quase nunca apenas iniciados, e como as agências devem monitorar sistematicamente e discutir o risco entre todos os seus funcionários, e realizar avaliações de risco e discussões regulares sobre segurança.
Humanitarian field workers constitute the majority of aid staff in the field and they tend to undertake the bulk of the work in assisting beneficiary populations. Although the statistics show that international (expatriate) aid workers have a higher per capita rate as victims of violent attacks, the national staffers, because of their higher numbers and greater exposure in frontline field positions, comprise the vast majority of victims every year. This fact alone should be enough to place the safety and security of humanitarian workers at the highest level of an organization’s priorities. This work focuses on an important and today critical issue, for all stakeholders of humanitarian action: the fact that humanitarian workers, which are more and more nationally rooted (national and local staff), work in an increasingly dangerous environment. How is it possible to work in the context of the new paradigms of humanitarian action - more equitably and responsibly – and address at the same time the security needs of national aid actors? Does this require a shift in both mindsets and resources? The work underlines that overall progress in security equitability for humanitarian staff has been slow and, for national partners, hardly yet begun, and as such agencies should systematically monitor and discuss the risk among all their staff, carry out adequate risk assessments and regular security discussions.
Humanitarian field workers constitute the majority of aid staff in the field and they tend to undertake the bulk of the work in assisting beneficiary populations. Although the statistics show that international (expatriate) aid workers have a higher per capita rate as victims of violent attacks, the national staffers, because of their higher numbers and greater exposure in frontline field positions, comprise the vast majority of victims every year. This fact alone should be enough to place the safety and security of humanitarian workers at the highest level of an organization’s priorities. This work focuses on an important and today critical issue, for all stakeholders of humanitarian action: the fact that humanitarian workers, which are more and more nationally rooted (national and local staff), work in an increasingly dangerous environment. How is it possible to work in the context of the new paradigms of humanitarian action - more equitably and responsibly – and address at the same time the security needs of national aid actors? Does this require a shift in both mindsets and resources? The work underlines that overall progress in security equitability for humanitarian staff has been slow and, for national partners, hardly yet begun, and as such agencies should systematically monitor and discuss the risk among all their staff, carry out adequate risk assessments and regular security discussions.
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Humanitarismo Governança global Nações Unidas Direito internacional Missão de paz Humanitarianism Global governance United Nations International law Peace mission