published June 2007

Contents

Foreword
Antonio Guterres


UN’s role in Iraq
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Iraq bleeds: the remorseless rise of violence and displacement
Ashraf al-Khalidi and Victor Tanner


Iraq: the search for solutions
José Riera and Andrew Harper


A tragedy of increasing proportions: internal displacement in Iraq
Walter Kälin


An unenviable task
Abed Al-Samad Rahman Sultan


The world must shoulder Iraq refugee burden
Mukhaimer Abu Jamous


Iraqi refugees in Syria
Faisal al-Miqdad


Resettlement
Vincent Cochetel


The EU should help Iraqi refugees
Gunilla Carlsson and Tobias Billström


Iraqis denied right to asylum
Bill Frelick


Delivering is never remote: NGOs’ vital role
FMR authors


Responding to Iraq’s ever-deepening violence
Robert Zimmerman


Iraqis defend humanitarianism
Greg Hansen


Iraqi refugees in Lebanon: continuous lack of protection
Samira Trad and Ghida Frangieh


Military-induced displacement
Dina Abou Samra


Tackling sexual violence, abuse and exploitation
Henia Dakkak


Iraq’s women under pressure
Nadje Al-Ali


Iraq’s children pay the price of war
Leila Billing


The plight of the Iraqi Christians
Nineb Lamassu


Education crisis for Iraqi children
J R A Williams


Insufficient world focus on Iraqi IDPs
Peter Medway


The Iraqi Red Crescent
Jamal Al-Karboli


Vital role of legal assistance for displaced Iraqis
Olivier Beucher


IOM – building Iraqi capacity and assisting IDPs
Dana Graber Ladek


Humanitarian situation in Iraq
Rianne ten Veen