7 . Examine how best to integrate and support the NGOs and public / private sector in support of humanitarian assistance / foreign disaster relief . ( Consider integration in both assessment teams and response teams .)
8 . Tackle the internally displaced persons challenge immediately . ( Identify IDP issues and develop appropriate solutions .)
Implications .
If a disaster response framework is not developed to accommodate a “ whole of international community ” approach , and if exercises ( involving U . S . agencies , partner nations , and the UN ) are not conducted to clarify and develop relationships and to refine processes and systems , then USAID , DoD , State and others will be building support in an ad hoc manner , rather than in systematic / practiced manner to quickly deliver and efficiently sustain relief to disaster victims .
Event Description .
This observation is based on the article " Foreign Disaster Response : Joint Task Force-Haiti Observations ," by Lieutenant General P . K . ( Ken ) Keen and Lieutenant Colonels Matthew G . Elledge , Charles W . Nolan , and Jennifer L . Kimmey ( U . S . Army ), in Military Review , November-December 2010 .
Comments .
A related article , which discusses the use of new ( unclassified ) information systems to improve information-sharing and management during disaster relief operations is “ Haiti Earthquake : Breaking New Ground in the Humanitarian Information Landscape ,” U . S . Department of State - Humanitarian Information Unit , July 2010 . See SOLLIMS Lesson # 681 for article and analysis .
MG Floriano Peixoto and LTG P . K . ( Ken ) Keen talk with the camp leader of the Ancien Aeroport Militaire IDP camp in Port-au-Prince , Haiti . Photo : U . S . Navy . 11 March 2010 .
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