Kent Randolph C
International Policy Institute, King's College, 138-142 The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK.
Disasters. 2004 Jun;28(2):216-33. doi: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00254.x.
Changes in the nature of humanitarian crises and in the ways that the international community responds to such crises demand a radically overhauled role for the United Nations system. At a time when the UN and its member states are pursuing reform of some of that institution's most fundamental peace and security functions, this paper suggests that reform, too, is required to meet humanitarian crises of the future. This paper proposes a new type of operational role for the UN, while at the same time arguing that the UN has to place itself in the vanguard of humanitarian assistance as "the standard-bearer". The article draws many of its conclusions and recommendations from a recently completed study, requested by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, concerning the effect for the UN system of changes in humanitarian financing.
人道主义危机性质的变化以及国际社会应对此类危机方式的变化，要求对联合国系统的作用进行彻底改革。在联合国及其成员国正在对该机构一些最基本的和平与安全职能进行改革之际，本文认为，也需要进行改革以应对未来的人道主义危机。本文为联合国提出了一种新型的业务角色，同时主张联合国必须作为“旗手”置身于人道主义援助的前沿。本文的许多结论和建议都来自机构间常设委员会最近要求完成的一项关于人道主义融资变化对联合国系统影响的研究。
