AIR TRANSPORtatION IN HUMANItaRIAN MISSIONS BY Phillip Taiwo A THESIS PRESENTED IN PARTIAL COMPLETION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF The Certificate-of-Training in United Nations Peace Support Operations AIR TRANSPORT IN HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS C-130 Hercules A RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTION IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS(UNITAR POCI), NEW YORK IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS OF THE UNITAR POCI BY PHILIP JOHN TAIWO UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEER E-mail:
[email protected] THESIS ADVISOR: COMMODORE DARIUS F. ONIMOLE,rt MSS, DSS, FSS, fellow of war college - (fwc), pass staff college-psc(+), MSc. Political Science (Strategic Studies) – University of Ibadan. JUNE 2005. EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES The United Nations system, with its array of organizations and agencies, governed by decisions of member states, can be said to be somehow complex. Often decisions taken in one governing body differ from those taken in another, as member States may push for contradictory decisions in different directions. Thus, coherence in requests for United Nations operational programs and even from its special agencies may not always exist. Also, the deluge of United Nations humanitarian assistance programs, together with their multiple implementing partners from outside the UN system, usually add to this complexity. The proliferation of relief actors, the inconsistencies of donor responses, disconnected bilateralism (when added to the uncertain boundaries of humanitarian assistance), and the scarcity of resources are all part of the environment faced by the international relief network. But as the dynamics of assorted events seem to wait for no one, there should b e a better way to resolve the cycle of crisis.