published June 2007
Contents
Foreword
Antonio Guterres
UN’s role in Iraq
Ashraf Jehangir QaziIraq 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