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Recent Trends in the International Relief System
Author(s) -
BORTON JOHN
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - sovereignty , context (archaeology) , principal (computer security) , international community , cold war , intervention (counseling) , political science , public administration , economic growth , medicine , law , computer security , economics , geography , politics , computer science , archaeology , psychiatry
Since 1991 the international relief system has been undergoing a process of rapid and fundamental change associated with the end of the Cold War period. The principal changes concern (i) the international community's approach to national sovereignty and the ‘right’ of armed intervention in support of humanitarian objectives, and (ii) organisatwnal changes aimed at improving the coordination and effectiveness of the response by donor organisations and the United Nations. This paper describes these changes and attempts to place them in the context of earlier trends within the international relief system, notably the enhanced role of non‐governmental organisations, which occurred during the 1980s.