04158nam 2200685Ia 450 991079108150332120200520144314.00-8014-6863-91-336-20817-10-8014-6864-710.7591/9780801468643(CKB)2550000001192985(OCoLC)847001581(CaPaEBR)ebrary10689191(SSID)ssj0001076016(PQKBManifestationID)11605655(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001076016(PQKBWorkID)11251360(PQKB)10234411(DE-B1597)481692(OCoLC)987933900(DE-B1597)9780801468643(Au-PeEL)EBL3138467(CaPaEBR)ebr10689191(CaONFJC)MIL752103(OCoLC)922998393(MiAaPQ)EBC3138467(EXLCZ)99255000000119298520011231d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCondemned to repeat?[electronic resource] the paradox of humanitarian action /Fiona TerryIthaca ;London Cornell University Pressc20021 online resource (299 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-8796-X 0-8014-3960-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Humanitarian Action and Responsibility -- 2. The Afghan Refugee Camps in Pakistan -- 3. The Nicaraguan and Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras -- 4. The Cambodian Refugee Camps in Thailand -- 5. The Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire -- 6. Humanitarian Action in a Second-Best World -- Appendix: Documents from the Rwandan Refugee Camps -- IndexHumanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering. In Condemned to Repeat?, Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organizations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the choice to give aid. The author makes the controversial claim that aid agencies act as though the initial decision to supply aid satisfies any need for ethical discussion and are often blind to the moral quandaries of aid. Terry focuses on four historically relevant cases: Rwandan camps in Zaire, Afghan camps in Pakistan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan camps in Honduras, and Cambodian camps in Thailand.Terry was the head of the French section of Medecins sans frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) when it withdrew from the Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire because aid intended for refugees actually strengthened those responsible for perpetrating genocide. This book contains documents from the former Rwandan army and government that were found in the refugee camps after they were attacked in late 1996. This material illustrates how combatants manipulate humanitarian action to their benefit. Condemned to Repeat? makes clear that the paradox of aid demands immediate attention by organizations and governments around the world. The author stresses that, if international agencies are to meet the needs of populations in crisis, their organizational behavior must adjust to the wider political and socioeconomic contexts in which aid occurs.Refugee campsCase studiesHumanitarian assistancePolitical aspectsRefugeesInternational cooperationCivil warCase studiesRefugee campsHumanitarian assistancePolitical aspects.RefugeesInternational cooperation.Civil war361.2/6Terry Fiona1532958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791081503321Condemned to repeat3779564UNINA