| Title | A clash of principles? Humanitarian action and the search for stability in Pakistan |
| Publisher | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) |
| Publication Date | September 2009 |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Topics | Conflict situation | Humanitarian assistance | Political situation | Security situation |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HPG Policy Brief 36 |
| Cite as | Overseas Development Institute (ODI), A clash of principles? Humanitarian action and the search for stability in Pakistan, September 2009, HPG Policy Brief 36, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4ab8d1c22.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
| Comments | This HPG Policy Brief explores the role of principled humanitarian action in relation to the response to the current crisis in Pakistan. Drawing on secondary documentation and interviews with key informants in July 2009, it asks whether aid agencies should restrict themselves to a relatively limited role in an effort to ensure principled humanitarian action, or whether they should compromise their principles in an effort to achieve greater humanitarian outcomes within broader political and security agendas. |
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