Aid Worker Security Database: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:38, 28 January 2020

Revision as of 01:21, 2 February 2020

Line 20:

<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --><br />

{{db-g7|rationale=[[WP:RFD]] &rarr; [[WP:BB]] &rarr; Article content moved to existing redirect.}}

The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) is a project of the international research group, Humanitarian Outcomes. Funded by [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]], it records major incidents from 1997 to present, of [[Attacks on humanitarian workers|attacks on humanitarian workers worldwide]]. As cited in the [[The New York Times|New York Times]], “it is widely regarded as an authoritative reference for aid organisations and governments in assessing trends in security threats.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/world/asia/attacks-on-aid-workers-jump-worldwide-group-says.html|title=Attacks on Aid Workers Jump Worldwide, Group Says|last=Gladstone|first=Rick|date=2014-08-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Since its inception in 2005 as the first fully comprehensive compilation of this data, the AWSD has been a source of quantitative evidence on matters related to the security of humanitarian operations in conflict, referenced in policy debates and cited in official [[United Nations]] statements<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/statement-and-speech/USG-ERC%20OBrien%20remarks%20at%20High-Level%20Panel%20on%20Reaching%20people%20in%20need%20%20_ECOSOC_HAS.pdf|title=United Nations Remarks at the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment High-Level Panel|last=O'Brien|first=Stephen|date=June 22, 2017|website=United Nations|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>, [[United Nations General Assembly]] resolutions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/72/131|title=Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2017|last=|first=|date=January 15, 2018|website=United Nations General Assembly|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>, [[United Nations Security Council]] documents<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2014/571|title=Letter dated 5 August 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General|last=Grant|first=Mark Lyall|date=August 6, 2014|website=United Nations Security Council|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>, and reports of the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1829672.pdf|title=Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel|last=Report of the Secretary-General|date=September 24, 2018|website=United Nations Secretary General|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>.

Line 90 ⟶ 92:

{{AFC submission|||ts=20200128133823|u=HumOutcomes|ns=118}}