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Humanitarian Assistance in Conflict and Complex Emergencies - June 2009 conference report and background papers

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The World Food Programme (WFP) convened a two-day conference on Humanitarian Assistance in Conflict and Complex Emergencies in June 2009, inviting United Nations officials, academics, thinkers and practitioners to join senior staff and country directors and consider how WFP can meet the needs of vulnerable communities in the shifting humanitarian context of conflicts and complex emergencies.

Country Case Studies:

- Compromise or Capitulation? Report on WFP and the Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka - David Keen - Page 49

- The Limits of Humanitarian Action: WFP, Food Assistance and International Aid in DR Congo - James Darcy and Gullaume Foliot - Page 103

- Review of WFP's Responses to Operationa and Programming Challenges in Conflicts and Complex Emergencies: A Case Study of Haiti - Thomas Gurtner - Page 123

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