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"en.20120202.11.4-133-000"2
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"Since those perpetrating violence in war zones ignore fundamental humanitarian rules laid down in international law, humanitarian aid can all too easily become a pawn between the warring parties. The accusation that, if they become a regular source of income for warring parties, aid deliveries allow wars to be continued – in other words, that they feed the very suffering that causes humanitarian aid to become necessary – has to be taken seriously. The payment of tolls to local warlords in order to be allowed access to the needy population, for example, is a rotten compromise. It can also be problematic if refugee camps indirectly advance ethnic cleansing or become a target for military attacks. Aid organisations become questionable if they scarcely coordinate with each other, merely so that each organisation can gain donors’ funds for itself and have exclusive media coverage in its area of operations. Better coordination of humanitarian operations could have prevented a great deal of suffering in Haiti. Moreover, we need to find practical methods for the transition from humanitarian aid to development aid. When there are scandals such as funds trickling away, blatant abuses of power or ‘jobs for the boys’, we must stop blaming these on so-called black sheep or individual workers. Instead, we must nip them in the bud, for corruption spreads wherever there is little risk of discovery and punishment. It is time for the EU, as the largest humanitarian donor, to deal with these problems once and for all."@en1
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