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Security issues pose significant challenges for humanitarian workers and operations. Humanitarian workers face dangers from infectious diseases, harsh conditions, and threats from criminal and terrorist groups in vulnerable areas. The risks to humanitarian workers have increased in recent decades as conflicts have risen. However, humanitarian missions have also become more resilient in continuing their work even when attacks occur. Another security issue is the relationship between refugee camps and increased risks of terrorism, as camps provide resources that can attract terrorist groups. Overall, security must be a major consideration for humanitarian responses, given the prevalence of conflict-related disasters and the risks faced by humanitarian workers and preventing aid from reaching those in need.
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Security plays a crucial role in disaster and humanitarian response by protecting aid workers, civilians receiving aid, and humanitarian goods and supplies. In areas of conflict or civil unrest, the safety of aid workers can be severely compromised, forcing agencies to limit operations or evacuate workers for their protection. Maintaining security helps ensure the orderly distribution of supplies to prevent riots or attacks. However, prioritizing security also increases the financial costs of humanitarian missions when funding is already limited. Community resilience enhances response and recovery by empowering local populations to withstand disasters independently and support one another.
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Security plays a crucial role in disaster and humanitarian response by protecting aid workers, civilians receiving aid, and humanitarian goods and supplies. In areas of conflict or civil unrest, the safety of aid workers can be severely compromised, forcing agencies to limit operations or evacuate workers for their protection. This reduction in aid has negative consequences for civilians still in need. Maintaining order during the distribution of supplies is also important for security. While security is necessary, it increases the financial costs of humanitarian missions when funding is already limited. Community resilience enhances response and recovery by empowering local populations to withstand disasters independently and support one another.
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The UN is well-known for providing humanitarian aid such as food, water, medical supplies, personnel, resources, and necessities after disasters, such as terrorist attacks, that occur in war-torn areas of the globe. Do you believe that the humanitarian aid provided by the UN is enough? Do you believe that other NATO nations should be required to provide humanitarian aid after a terrorist attack? Why, or why not?
ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTION AND THEN REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS EACH)
CLASSMATE’S POST
This is an interesting question. The United Nations is, indeed, well-known for their humanitarian efforts around the globe. According to the United Nations website (n.d.), “The Organization is now relied upon by the international community to coordinate humanitarian relief of emergencies due to natural and man-made disasters in areas beyond the relief capacity of national authorities alone.” However, what one has to consider is
what is
enough
?
The mission of the United Nations is, indeed, a good one. It brings together nations from across the globe to help each other in the areas descried in the Professor’s post. In assessing
is it enough,
one has to think about the obstacles that occur in the provision of humanitarian aid. In third-world countries, the aid doesn’t always reach the intended target. In war-torn countries, there are often attacks on those trying to simply deliver humanitarian aid to those in need. “Tragically…the growing threat of violence against aid workers is putting humanitarian efforts at risk” (Warren, 2020). One would think that someone trying to aid other men, women, and children would not be at risk but, unfortunately, that is simply not true. Patricia McIlreavy, Vice President of Humanitarian Policy and Practice at InterAction, as cited in Warren (2020) states: “Aid workers are under attack. We are bleeding from a thousand small cuts. We are being robbed, raped, and murdered in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and countless other places.” Therefore, the question lingers of how to effectively deliver humanitarian aid to all countries in need when it is so very difficult in some places. Van Brabant, as cited in Childs (2013), states “Acceptance, in the sense of a risk management strategy, is the reduction of the likelihood of targeted attacks by reducing or removing the motivation to attack.” In response to this quote, Childs (2013) states “Aid agencies have depended upon an appre ...
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The UN is well-known for providing humanitarian aid such as food, water, medical supplies, personnel, resources, and necessities after disasters, such as terrorist attacks, that occur in war-torn areas of the globe. Do you believe that the humanitarian aid provided by the UN is enough? Do you believe that other NATO nations should be required to provide humanitarian aid after a terrorist attack? Why, or why not?
ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTION AND THEN REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS EACH)
CLASSMATE’S POST
This is an interesting question. The United Nations is, indeed, well-known for their humanitarian efforts around the globe. According to the United Nations website (n.d.), “The Organization is now relied upon by the international community to coordinate humanitarian relief of emergencies due to natural and man-made disasters in areas beyond the relief capacity of national authorities alone.” However, what one has to consider is
what is
enough
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The mission of the United Nations is, indeed, a good one. It brings together nations from across the globe to help each other in the areas descried in the Professor’s post. In assessing
is it enough,
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strategies adopted. Professional counseling, at both micro and macro levels will go a long way in addressing
and assuaging the negative impacts or effects of insecurity. Counselling models, frameworks and specific
approaches if applied will help prevent, manage or cope with the devastation of insecurity at the level of
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