Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Editor: Frits Kalshoven -- Foreword / Frits Kalshoven -- Opening Speech / Pieter Bukman -- Assistance to the victims of armed conflicts and other disasters / Frits Kalshoven -- L'assistance humanitaire comme droit de l'homme contre la souveraineté de l'état / René Jean Dupuy -- Assistance et protection: La philosophie de la Croix-Rouge / André Pasquier -- Humanitarian Diplomacy / Reginald Moreels -- Morals of urgent need / Bernard Kouchner -- Philosophy and practical possibilities of church organizations / Thomas G.J. Kerstiens -- Long-term development aspects of humanitarian assistance in armed conflicts / Paul J.I.M. de Waart -- Assistance and the media / Koert Lindijer -- Relief Actions: The position of the Recipient State / Michael Bothe -- Rights and duties of the agencies involved in providing humanitarian assistance and their personnel in armed conflict / Peter Macalister-Smith -- Usages corrects et abusifs de l'emblème de la croix rouge ou du croissant rouge / Yves Sandoz -- Special features of the assistance and protection of children as victims of armed conflict / Geraldine van Bueren -- Protection of children during armed conflicts / Rup C. Hingorani -- Humanitarian assistance to the Tamils in Sri Lanka / Dhirendra P. Verma -- The condition of refugees from situations of armed conflict and serious internal disturbance / Gervase J.L. Coles -- Cooperation in assistance: a Red Cross view / Carl Vandekerckhove -- Coordination and cooperation: views of an actor/observer from a recipient region / Tom W. Buruku -- Cooperation and coordination: Oxfam's views / Marcus Thompson -- Towards a disaster relief law / JiÅ™í Toman -- Summary of discussions / Frits Kalshoven and Charlotte Siewertsz van Reesema -- Annexes / Editor: Frits Kalshoven -- List of Contributors / Editor: Frits Kalshoven.

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