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Humanitarian Principles and Operational Dilemmas in War Zones 1st Edition   Module prepared by Larry Minear and Thomas G. Weiss             UNDP DHA   Disaster Management Training Programme 1993       CONTENTS   Acknowledgment 4 Introduction 5 Part 1 The international legal framwork 9 General context 9 Humanitarianism 9 Conflict settings 11 Summary 14 Part 2 Analytical categories 15 The responders 15 Nature of the conflict 18 Conflict phases 19 Spectrum of response 20 Summary 21 Part 3 Principles of humanitarian action 23 Introduction 23 Relieve life-threatening suffering 24 Proportionality to need 25 Non-partisanship 27 Independence 30 Accountability 32 Contextualization 36 Subsidiarity of sovereignty 38 Conclusion 41 Summary 42   Annexes Annex 1 Resources for further reference 43 Annex 2 About the Humanitarian and War Project and the Authors 47 Annex 3 Abbreviations 49