Borton J
Overseas Development Institute, Regent's College, London.
Disasters. 1996 Dec;20(4):305-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1996.tb01046.x.
This paper examines the co-ordination strategies developed to respond to the Great Lakes crisis following the events of April 1994. It analyses the different functions and mechanisms which sought to achieve a co-ordinated response--ranging from facilitation at one extreme to management and direction at the other. The different regimes developed to facilitate co-ordination within Rwanda and neighbouring countries, focusing on both inter-agency and inter-country co-ordination issues, are then analysed. Finally, the paper highlights the absence of mechanisms to achieve coherence between the humanitarian, political and security domains. It concludes that effective co-ordination is critical not only to achieve programme efficiency, but to ensure that the appropriate instruments and strategies to respond to complex political emergencies are in place. It proposes a radical re-shaping of international humanitarian, political and security institutions, particularly the United Nations, to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian and political responses to crises such as that in the Great Lakes.
本文审视了为应对1994年4月事件后的大湖地区危机而制定的协调战略。它分析了旨在实现协调应对的不同职能和机制——从一端的促进到另一端的管理和指导。接着分析了为促进卢旺达及周边国家内部的协调而建立的不同制度，这些制度既关注机构间协调问题，也关注国家间协调问题。最后，本文强调了在人道主义、政治和安全领域之间缺乏实现一致性的机制。结论是，有效的协调不仅对于实现方案效率至关重要，而且对于确保具备应对复杂政治紧急情况的适当手段和战略也至关重要。它提议对国际人道主义、政治和安全机构，尤其是联合国进行彻底重塑，以提高对大湖地区此类危机的人道主义和政治应对的有效性。
