Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills. International Protectors and Providers: Peacekeepers, Humanitarian Aid Workers and the Media in the Midst of Crisis
Boca Raton; London; New York: CRC Press (2002), xiv, 429 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-0-415-78467-2 (pbk); 9781315223742 (online)
"Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills" points to a crisis facing international institutions and the media who seek to alleviate and report human suffering throughout the world. The goals of the editor are to tell the story of thousands of individuals dedicated to helping others; and to integrate issues of protection and care into all levels of planning, implementing and evaluating international intervention and action. The book identifies approaches that have proven useful and explores and suggests future directions." (Publisher description)
INTRODUCTION / Yael Danieli and Youssef Mahmoud, 1
Voices: Are You Still There?—Reply / Carlos Caseres, 6
I Lost My Life in Kuwait / Kathleen Nader, 7
Why We Have to Be There / Christiane Amanpour, 8
I. PEACEKEEPERS
1. Peacekeepers and Peace-Builders Under Stress / Sue Downie, 9
Voices: An Ambush in Somalia / Shirley N. Brownell, 21
The Evacuation Dilemma / Ian Martin, 25
Heal—Don’t Forget / Mark Quarterman, 29
2. Studies on Military Peacekeepers / Jos M. P. Weerts, Wendy White, Amy B. Adler, Carl A. Castro, GieltAlgra, Inge Bramsen, Anja J. E. Dirkzwager, Henk M. van der Ploeg, Maaike de Vries, and Ad Zijlmans, 31
Voices: Cambodia Diary / Mike Daly, 49
That Feeling of Importance and Respect / Cheryl A. Netterfield, 50
II. UN AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS
Voice: A Lifetime of Learning / Nils Arne Kastberg, 51
3. Caring for Staff in UNHCR / Sören Jessen-Petersen, 53
Voices: Service Incurred / Martin Barber, 61
Transformed by the Front Line / Yasmine Sherif, 62
4. Protecting the Protectors / Catherine A. Bertini, 64
Voices: From Wyoming to Somalia / Dale Skoric, 68
The Worst is the Loneliness / Hiro Matsumura, 69
The Engulfing Sound and the Silence / Rhian Gastineau., 69
We Cannot Allow Emotional Involvement / Erika MacLean, 70
Lunch in Afghanistan / Georges Dubin, 71
5. Risk and Protection for UNICEF Field Staff / Nils Arne Kastberg, 72
6. Health Workers on the Front Line / Xavier Leus and Hilary Bower, 78
7. Women on the Front Lines: UNIFEM’s Work to Promote Women, Peace, and Security / Noeleen Heyzer, 85
Voice: Sex, Violence, Love, Loss, Hope: Men and Women in the Camps Speak to Us / Janet Albrecht, 93
8. Supporting Staff During Crisis and on the Path to Development / Omar Bakhet and Marie Dimond, 95
Voices: Healing is an Individual Process / Kathleen Cravero, 101
What Aid Workers and Frogs Have in Common / Marie Dimond, 102
9. Managing Projects on the Ground / Reinhart Helmke, 104
Voices: Humane Human Resources Management / Alicia Noeli Escursell, 105
Perseverance Despite Adversity / Basil Comnas, 107
Voices: The Manager’s Perspective. Reason for Hope / Shashi Tharoor, 108
These Decisions Haunt Me Still / Kathleen Cravero, 109
Complicity with Torture: Managing Humanitarian Assistance Under Economic Sanctions, Haiti 1992-1994 / Elizabeth D. Gibbons, 110
Watching for the Signals / Paul E. Arès, 115
Nothing Prepared Me / Linda Champoux-Arès, 120
10. Stress and Mine Action / Martin Barber, 122
Voice: An Eye Witness in Cambodia / Becky Jordan, 126
11. Handle With Care: A View from the Staff Counsellor’s Office / Jean-Guy Morisset, 128
Voices: Separation from Families / Kim Robinson, 134
The Story of Somebody Who Went Out to Learn About Fear . . . / Petra Miczaika, 135
12. United Nations Human Rights Field Officers / Ben Majekodunmi, 137
Voice: “You and Your People Will Never Live Here Again” / Milburn Line, 147
III. VOLUNTEERS
13. Eternal Vigilance / Sharon Capeling-Alakija, 149
Voices: Showing “Presence” / Benny Ben Otim, 155
Honored to Be Able to Defend / Manual Amat, 156
14. The Peace Corps Volunteer Safety Support System / Michael D. O 'Neill and Elizabeth Kramer, 157
TV. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
15. Precious Lives Honored to Serve / Kris Hurlburt, 161
Voice: Red Crayon / Janet Shriberg, 170
16. The Dangers of Aid Work / Barbara Smith, 171
Voice: An Unspoken Agreement / Gerald Martone, 177
17. Psychosocial Care for Humanitarian Aid Workers: The Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland Experience / Piet van Gelder and Reinoud van den Berkhof, 179
Voice: Like a Squeezed Lemon / Marc Vachon, 186
18. GOAL—A Champion of the Poor / Andrew Spearman, 188
19. Supporting and Equipping National and International Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations and Their Workers / Alastair Ager, Erik Flapper, Tineke van Pietersom, and Winnifred Simon, 194
Voice: Being Knowledgeable Can Help Enormously / Maria Blacque-Belair, 201
20. Sustaining the Humanitarian Work Force: Increasing Violence, Increasing Vulnerability, Shiela M. Platt, Milagros Bacareza, and Sonia Margallo, 204
21. Limiting the Risks and the Vulnerability of Humanitarian Aid Workers / Clementine Olivier, 211
Voices: A Prison Without Bars / C. O., 220
Yet Another Evacuation / P. C., 221
An Evacuation from Sierra Leone / I. A. R., 222
22. Preventing Broken Hearts, Healing Broken Minds / John Fawcett, 223
Voice: In God’s Lap / M. R., 233
23. Local Community Capacity: The Source of Renewal, Ian D. Campbell and Alison Rader, 236
Voice: A Family Blood Feud in Kosovo, Stevan Weine, 240
24. Mental Health of Humanitarian Aid Workers in Complex Emergencies / Barbara Lopes Cardozo and Peter Salama, 242
IN THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
25. Surviving with the Dead: Forensic Investigations in the Service of Human Rights / William D. Haglund and Susannah M. Sirkin, 256
Voices: A Voice for Victims / M. Cherif Bassiouni, 266
My Introduction to Genocide / Ben Kiernan, 267
We Must Do More / B. M., 269
Prosecuting War Crimes / Minna Schrag, 270
Impartial Observer Drawn into Sleepless Moral Conflict / Mariana Goetz, 271
Survivors and Observers / Priscilla B. Hayner, 273
V. MEDIA
26. We Have a Long Way to Go / Chris Cramer, 275
Voices: Courage Isn’t Enough: Learning from Other People’s Mistakes / John Owen, 281
Don’t Go if You Can’t Deal with the Consequences / Gary Knight, 283
How I Learned to Live with Trauma / Josh Friedman, 285
A Piece of Our Soul / Elizabeth Neuffer, 286
A Dinner by Candlelight / Bill Berkeley, 287
Photographer or Photojoumalist? / John Isaac, 289
Full Circle / Ron Haviv, 290
The Chance to Cry / Frank Smyth, 292
All for the Story? / Paddi Clay, 296
Dying to Tell the Story / Kathy Eldon, 298
Working in the Third World / Beryl Goldberg, 299
Who Cares for Those Who Care? / Barbara Bertoncin, 300
Personal Armor / Christine Spolar, 301
War Children: The Highly Personal “Spin” / Sherry Ricchiardi, 303
27. Journalists, War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder / Anthony Feinstein and John Owen, 305
28. The Bridge between Sorrow and Knowledge: Journalists and Traumatic Stress / Elana Newman, 316
29. Centurion: Shielding Journalists and Aid Workers / Bo Mills, Paul Rees, and Gordon J. Turnbull, 323
30. The Forgotten Tribe / Robert M. Frank, 331
VI. CHALLENGES AND REMEDIES
31. Issues of Security in the United Nations System / Diana Russler and Shirley N. Brownell, 336
32. Psychological Debriefing / Beverley Raphael and Robert J. Ursano, 343
33. Humanitarianism at Risk: From Threatened Aid Workers to Self-Deceiving Organizations / Mark Walkup, 353
34. Training for Humanitarian Assistance / Kevin M. Cahill, 360
35. An Attempt at a Legal Remedy: The Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel / M.-Christiane Bourloyannis- Vrailas, 365
36. A Call for an Accountability Campaign / Arthur C. Helton, 374
Voice: Some Principles of Self Healing / Yael Danieli, 379
CONCLUSION / Yael Danieli, 381
EPILOGUE / Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, 391
Voices: Are You Still There?—Reply / Carlos Caseres, 6
I Lost My Life in Kuwait / Kathleen Nader, 7
Why We Have to Be There / Christiane Amanpour, 8
I. PEACEKEEPERS
1. Peacekeepers and Peace-Builders Under Stress / Sue Downie, 9
Voices: An Ambush in Somalia / Shirley N. Brownell, 21
The Evacuation Dilemma / Ian Martin, 25
Heal—Don’t Forget / Mark Quarterman, 29
2. Studies on Military Peacekeepers / Jos M. P. Weerts, Wendy White, Amy B. Adler, Carl A. Castro, GieltAlgra, Inge Bramsen, Anja J. E. Dirkzwager, Henk M. van der Ploeg, Maaike de Vries, and Ad Zijlmans, 31
Voices: Cambodia Diary / Mike Daly, 49
That Feeling of Importance and Respect / Cheryl A. Netterfield, 50
II. UN AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS
Voice: A Lifetime of Learning / Nils Arne Kastberg, 51
3. Caring for Staff in UNHCR / Sören Jessen-Petersen, 53
Voices: Service Incurred / Martin Barber, 61
Transformed by the Front Line / Yasmine Sherif, 62
4. Protecting the Protectors / Catherine A. Bertini, 64
Voices: From Wyoming to Somalia / Dale Skoric, 68
The Worst is the Loneliness / Hiro Matsumura, 69
The Engulfing Sound and the Silence / Rhian Gastineau., 69
We Cannot Allow Emotional Involvement / Erika MacLean, 70
Lunch in Afghanistan / Georges Dubin, 71
5. Risk and Protection for UNICEF Field Staff / Nils Arne Kastberg, 72
6. Health Workers on the Front Line / Xavier Leus and Hilary Bower, 78
7. Women on the Front Lines: UNIFEM’s Work to Promote Women, Peace, and Security / Noeleen Heyzer, 85
Voice: Sex, Violence, Love, Loss, Hope: Men and Women in the Camps Speak to Us / Janet Albrecht, 93
8. Supporting Staff During Crisis and on the Path to Development / Omar Bakhet and Marie Dimond, 95
Voices: Healing is an Individual Process / Kathleen Cravero, 101
What Aid Workers and Frogs Have in Common / Marie Dimond, 102
9. Managing Projects on the Ground / Reinhart Helmke, 104
Voices: Humane Human Resources Management / Alicia Noeli Escursell, 105
Perseverance Despite Adversity / Basil Comnas, 107
Voices: The Manager’s Perspective. Reason for Hope / Shashi Tharoor, 108
These Decisions Haunt Me Still / Kathleen Cravero, 109
Complicity with Torture: Managing Humanitarian Assistance Under Economic Sanctions, Haiti 1992-1994 / Elizabeth D. Gibbons, 110
Watching for the Signals / Paul E. Arès, 115
Nothing Prepared Me / Linda Champoux-Arès, 120
10. Stress and Mine Action / Martin Barber, 122
Voice: An Eye Witness in Cambodia / Becky Jordan, 126
11. Handle With Care: A View from the Staff Counsellor’s Office / Jean-Guy Morisset, 128
Voices: Separation from Families / Kim Robinson, 134
The Story of Somebody Who Went Out to Learn About Fear . . . / Petra Miczaika, 135
12. United Nations Human Rights Field Officers / Ben Majekodunmi, 137
Voice: “You and Your People Will Never Live Here Again” / Milburn Line, 147
III. VOLUNTEERS
13. Eternal Vigilance / Sharon Capeling-Alakija, 149
Voices: Showing “Presence” / Benny Ben Otim, 155
Honored to Be Able to Defend / Manual Amat, 156
14. The Peace Corps Volunteer Safety Support System / Michael D. O 'Neill and Elizabeth Kramer, 157
TV. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
15. Precious Lives Honored to Serve / Kris Hurlburt, 161
Voice: Red Crayon / Janet Shriberg, 170
16. The Dangers of Aid Work / Barbara Smith, 171
Voice: An Unspoken Agreement / Gerald Martone, 177
17. Psychosocial Care for Humanitarian Aid Workers: The Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland Experience / Piet van Gelder and Reinoud van den Berkhof, 179
Voice: Like a Squeezed Lemon / Marc Vachon, 186
18. GOAL—A Champion of the Poor / Andrew Spearman, 188
19. Supporting and Equipping National and International Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations and Their Workers / Alastair Ager, Erik Flapper, Tineke van Pietersom, and Winnifred Simon, 194
Voice: Being Knowledgeable Can Help Enormously / Maria Blacque-Belair, 201
20. Sustaining the Humanitarian Work Force: Increasing Violence, Increasing Vulnerability, Shiela M. Platt, Milagros Bacareza, and Sonia Margallo, 204
21. Limiting the Risks and the Vulnerability of Humanitarian Aid Workers / Clementine Olivier, 211
Voices: A Prison Without Bars / C. O., 220
Yet Another Evacuation / P. C., 221
An Evacuation from Sierra Leone / I. A. R., 222
22. Preventing Broken Hearts, Healing Broken Minds / John Fawcett, 223
Voice: In God’s Lap / M. R., 233
23. Local Community Capacity: The Source of Renewal, Ian D. Campbell and Alison Rader, 236
Voice: A Family Blood Feud in Kosovo, Stevan Weine, 240
24. Mental Health of Humanitarian Aid Workers in Complex Emergencies / Barbara Lopes Cardozo and Peter Salama, 242
IN THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
25. Surviving with the Dead: Forensic Investigations in the Service of Human Rights / William D. Haglund and Susannah M. Sirkin, 256
Voices: A Voice for Victims / M. Cherif Bassiouni, 266
My Introduction to Genocide / Ben Kiernan, 267
We Must Do More / B. M., 269
Prosecuting War Crimes / Minna Schrag, 270
Impartial Observer Drawn into Sleepless Moral Conflict / Mariana Goetz, 271
Survivors and Observers / Priscilla B. Hayner, 273
V. MEDIA
26. We Have a Long Way to Go / Chris Cramer, 275
Voices: Courage Isn’t Enough: Learning from Other People’s Mistakes / John Owen, 281
Don’t Go if You Can’t Deal with the Consequences / Gary Knight, 283
How I Learned to Live with Trauma / Josh Friedman, 285
A Piece of Our Soul / Elizabeth Neuffer, 286
A Dinner by Candlelight / Bill Berkeley, 287
Photographer or Photojoumalist? / John Isaac, 289
Full Circle / Ron Haviv, 290
The Chance to Cry / Frank Smyth, 292
All for the Story? / Paddi Clay, 296
Dying to Tell the Story / Kathy Eldon, 298
Working in the Third World / Beryl Goldberg, 299
Who Cares for Those Who Care? / Barbara Bertoncin, 300
Personal Armor / Christine Spolar, 301
War Children: The Highly Personal “Spin” / Sherry Ricchiardi, 303
27. Journalists, War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder / Anthony Feinstein and John Owen, 305
28. The Bridge between Sorrow and Knowledge: Journalists and Traumatic Stress / Elana Newman, 316
29. Centurion: Shielding Journalists and Aid Workers / Bo Mills, Paul Rees, and Gordon J. Turnbull, 323
30. The Forgotten Tribe / Robert M. Frank, 331
VI. CHALLENGES AND REMEDIES
31. Issues of Security in the United Nations System / Diana Russler and Shirley N. Brownell, 336
32. Psychological Debriefing / Beverley Raphael and Robert J. Ursano, 343
33. Humanitarianism at Risk: From Threatened Aid Workers to Self-Deceiving Organizations / Mark Walkup, 353
34. Training for Humanitarian Assistance / Kevin M. Cahill, 360
35. An Attempt at a Legal Remedy: The Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel / M.-Christiane Bourloyannis- Vrailas, 365
36. A Call for an Accountability Campaign / Arthur C. Helton, 374
Voice: Some Principles of Self Healing / Yael Danieli, 379
CONCLUSION / Yael Danieli, 381
EPILOGUE / Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, 391
