Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Burundi and Liberia Country Studies
Zeebroek, Xavier
2006
- Paper dated July, 2006. Burundi: Within the four topics addressed by the Humanitarian Agenda 2015 research, three seem pertinent in the case of Burundicoherence, security and, to a lesser extent, terrorism. Many comparisons can be made with Liberia, in terms of the length and cruelty of the war and the type of involvement of the international community. The integrated structure of the United Nations ... read moreMission in Liberia (UNMIL) strongly influenced the design of the UN mission in Burundi (ONUB), even if the role and functions of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) were eventually different. Parallels with Afghanistan and Sudan are also relevant regarding the integrated character of the missions and issues of security. Liberia: Within the four topics addressed by the Humanitarian Agenda 2015 report, only two seem pertinent in the case of Liberiacoherence and security. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has become a model for the fully-integrated mission, and is likely to be followed by other UN missions in Africa, such as Burundi or Sudan. Parallels with Afghanistan can also be made regarding the absorption of OCHA within the integrated mission.read less
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