The Army's Role in Humanitarian Assistance, Challenges Now and in the Future.

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry N. Totten
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
The Future

Portable Ultrasonography Onboard Deployment in the PLA(N) Peace Ark Hospital Ship in Mission Harmony 2018

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Zhao ◽  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Jiafeng Wang ◽  
Chong Zhang ◽  
Zhuhong Cai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Service ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
South American ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Medical Support ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Examination Methods ◽  
Medical Teams ◽  
Portable Ultrasonography

Abstract From June 28 to November 22, 2018, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy – PLA(N) – Peace Ark hospital ship had conducted Mission Harmony 2018, providing humanitarian medical assistance and carrying out international cooperation, in 4 Pacific island countries and 6 Central and South American countries. Compared with its application only in onshore outreach medical teams in the previous Mission Harmony, portable ultrasonography was used both onboard and onshore in Mission Harmony 2018. The purpose of this study was to assess the performance of onboard portable ultrasonography in PLA(N) Peace Ark hospital ship during Mission Harmony-2018, share our onboard working experience, and provide a reference for humanitarian assistance missions in the future. A retrospective review was performed on a cohort of patients checked by onboard portable ultrasonography. Patients’ gender, age, the distribution of examined organs, and multiple applications of the portable ultrasonography were analyzed. Some limitations of portable ultrasonography on the mission and possible improvements in the future were also discussed. A total of 5277 cases (mean age: 43.74 years; range: 2 months–105 years) of ultrasound examinations were performed during the mission; among them, 3126 (59.2%) cases were performed by portable ultrasonography, including 3024 onboard cases and 102 onshore cases. The portable ultrasonography had been applied in many scenarios, for example, onboard emergency triage process, onboard bedside medical support, and onshore outreach medical service, which had become one of the indispensable auxiliary examination methods for its compatibility, portability, and flexibility. The onboard deployment of portable ultrasonography played a versatile and irreplaceable role in the humanitarian medical assistance and medical cooperation carried out by the PLA(N) Peace Ark hospital ship, and will contribute to such kind of missions in the future.

Diplomacy and life on Georgia's boundary line

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-371
Author(s):  
Caecilia J. van Peski
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Boundary Line ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
The Future ◽  
Major Incidents ◽  
Unstable Environment ◽  
Personal Wellbeing ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Two Sides

AbstractOn the third anniversary of the war over South Ossetia, resumed talks between Georgia and Russia are needed to create positive momentum in a still unstable environment. The article examines the continuing strains and recommends that the two sides engage in direct dialogue in order to de-escalate allegations about the other's involvement in the conflict. While formal diplomatic relations remain more or less suspended, many mutual interests remain. Paramount in this is the fact that Georgia and Russia share interests in improving mutual security, trade and transport. The impact of the ongoing conflict on Georgia's very diverse communities differs substantially, as do their priorities. Concerns over the future amongst these communities are widespread. The consequences of the violence and subsequent failure to progress resolution of the conflict still affect communities, especially those living along the Administrative Boundary Line between South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Although no major incidents of violence have occurred since 2008 and the level of humanitarian assistance provided to communities around the ABL has been impressive during the first two years following the war, the contact and movement across the ABL has become increasingly difficult, badly affecting those dependent on cross-border interaction for their personal wellbeing and that of their communities. As a result, a range of vulnerabilities is more likely to come to the surface and undermine the future sustainability of communities living along the ABL. As such, it is essential that local and international actors, including OSCE and EUMM are better able to distinguish between the varied needs of communities living along the ABL , in order to develop appropriate strategies for responding to them.

More than Laboratories

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-13
Author(s):  
Gerard Finnigan ◽  
Otto Farkas
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Global Context ◽  
The Future ◽  
The United Nations

When former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon encouraged the humanitarian sector to innovate and create a new paradigm to respond to people in crisis, the sector answered with an unbridled number of new enterprises and laboratories to create tools, products and new initiatives. As these emerged, so did the reality of the changing complexity of communities in need of humanitarian assistance. The deterioration of the natural physical environment, along with burgeoning population dynamics and threats to humanitarian workers themselves, has tipped the balance of complexity beyond the capability of the system to respond effectively. The humanitarian sector as a whole must urgently commit to reconciling four critical challenges to reinvent itself and its effectiveness: reconciling the meaning of innovation; developing an overarching strategy that addresses the radically changing global context in which communities require assistance; agreeing on an integrated structure to deliver innovation; and addressing how innovation is financed. Unless the sector addresses these four elements, the action and effect of innovation will fail to realise the transformational change necessary, to respond to communities in crisis now and in the future.

Legislating against humanitarian principles: A case study on the humanitarian implications of Australian counterterrorism legislation

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (897-898) ◽  
pp. 235-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phoebe Wynn-Pope ◽  
Yvette Zegenhagen ◽  
Fauve Kurnadi
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Action ◽  
Australian Context ◽  
The Future

AbstractThe humanitarian principles – humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence – have come to characterize effective humanitarian action, particularly in situations of armed conflict, and have provided a framework for the broader humanitarian system. Modern counterterrorism responses are posing significant challenges to these principles and the feasibility of conducting principled humanitarian assistance and protection activities. This article explores the origins of the principles, the history behind their development, and their contemporary contribution to humanitarian action. The article then discusses some of the ways in which the principles are threatened, both by practice and by law, in the Australian context, and finally makes suggestions as to how the principles can be reclaimed and protected for the future of effective, impartial humanitarian action.

Institutionalizing Security Regionalism: Responsibility as ‘Response Ability’

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-78
Author(s):  
See Seng Tan
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Maritime Security ◽  
Military Cooperation ◽  
Asean Regional Forum ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Viability ◽  
Collective Development ◽  
The Way ◽  
Crisis Situations

This chapter examines the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and its wider regional spinoff, the ADMM-Plus. It makes a case for how cooperative initiatives within the multilateral context of the ADMM and ADMM-Plus embody the R2Provide on instrumental and normative grounds. In contrast to the underwhelming performance of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the ADMM and ADMM-Plus have hitherto surpassed expectations with their strong military-to-military cooperation primarily in the form of substantive multilateral exercises in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), counterterrorism, maritime security and the like. The relevance and value of the ADMM-Plus is underscored by its upgrading to an annual gathering and overtures from interested parties seeking to join the ADMM-Plus. However, there are legitimate concerns over the future viability of the ADMM and ADMM-Plus: they remain untested in real crisis situations; their ability to address regional flashpoints is still unclear; their members may struggle with participation fatigue given the likely increase in activities and commitments. All these considerations could get in the way of the collective development of a security regionalism that is responsible, meaningful and substantive.

Disaster Action’s Legacy – and the Future

2015 ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
Anne Eyre ◽  
Pam Dix
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Disaster Victim Identification ◽  
New Members ◽  
Victim Identification ◽  
Disaster Victim ◽  
Changing Environments ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
The Future ◽  
Proper Response

This chapter discusses Disaster Action's legacy. Disaster Action's focus has, rightly, evolved over the lifetime of the charity, in recent years being as much on addressing the human aspects of disasters as on their prevention. New members have joined, bringing their different experiences and issues, which have affected the shape and direction of the organisation. In many ways their contributions have reinforced and reminded members of the universal and consistent needs of those affected by disasters. At the same time, their expectations and concerns reflect the dynamic nature of emergency management, the changing environments in which disasters occur, and the need for a proper response, whatever the context. In order to sustain their work, the need for core funding for Disaster Action has remained paramount. The chapter then looks at Disaster Action's continuing work in the areas of legislation and guidance, as well as disaster victim identification. It also considers the future of humanitarian assistance and Disaster Action's enduring principles of accountability, support, and prevention.

International determination of the total motion of the pole

1961 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Wm. Markowitz
Keyword(s):  
Secular Motion ◽  
The Future

A symposium on the future of the International Latitude Service (I. L. S.) is to be held in Helsinki in July 1960. My report for the symposium consists of two parts. Part I, denoded (Mk I) was published [1] earlier in 1960 under the title “Latitude and Longitude, and the Secular Motion of the Pole”. Part II is the present paper, denoded (Mk II).

Status of the Lick Proper Motion Program

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 387-388
Author(s):  
A. R. Klemola
Keyword(s):  
Proper Motion ◽  
The Future

Second-epoch photographs have now been obtained for nearly 850 of the 1246 fields of the proper motion program with centers at declination -20° and northwards. For the sky at 0° and northward only 130 fields remain to be taken in the next year or two. The 270 southern fields with centers at -5° to -20° remain for the future.

Some Structural Features of Metaphase Chromosomes of Mice and Men

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 190-191
Author(s):  
Godfrey C. Hoskins ◽  
Betty B. Hoskins
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Metaphase Chromosomes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Of Mice And Men ◽  
Mouse Cells ◽  
Human And Mouse

Metaphase chromosomes from human and mouse cells in vitro are isolated by micrurgy, fixed, and placed on grids for electron microscopy. Interpretations of electron micrographs by current methods indicate the following structural features.Chromosomal spindle fibrils about 200Å thick form fascicles about 600Å thick, wrapped by dense spiraling fibrils (DSF) less than 100Å thick as they near the kinomere. Such a fascicle joins the future daughter kinomere of each metaphase chromatid with those of adjacent non-homologous chromatids to either side. Thus, four fascicles (SF, 1-4) attach to each metaphase kinomere (K). It is thought that fascicles extend from the kinomere poleward, fray out to let chromosomal fibrils act as traction fibrils against polar fibrils, then regroup to join the adjacent kinomere.

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