World Chronicle 950: Mark Bowden, OCHA

Tony Jenkins interviews Mark Bowden, Chief of the Policy Development and Studies Branch in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for World Chronicle program 950.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:26
• Production Date: 8 October 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: SUSANNAH PRICE; TONY JENKINS
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: CIVILIAN PROTECTION; CIVILIANS; CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
• MAMS Id: 2122707
• Parent Id: 828293

Description

Protecting Civilians

The vast majority of human beings killed and maimed in conflicts are not professional soldiers, but civilians.

Can the targeting of civilians be stopped? Who will protect civilians, and under what circumstances? Have traditional ‘self-havens’ become targets for unscrupulous military tacticians? Can humanitarian agencies do the work of bringing relief without becoming targets themselves?

These are some of the questions explored in this edition of World Chronicle with guest Mark Bowden, the Chief of Policy Development and Studies Branch at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

• Scripts: File; 950.pdf (37.23 KB)