Complex crisis and complex peace:
Humanitarian coordination in Angola

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 Objectives
1.2 Humanitarian coordination in the United Nations
1.3 Two notes on terminology
1.4 Structure of report

2. Context: Angola, the United Nations and humanitarian coordination

2.1 War and the Bicesse Accords
2.2 Return to war
2.3 The Lusaka Protocol and a complex Peace
2.4 UCAH's changing mandate

3. Coordination and facilitation of humanitarian assistance

3.1 Three factors influencing the development of UCAH
3.2 Strategic and policy framework
3.3 Humanitarian space: negotiation and promotion
3.4 Facilitation of Humanitarian response
3.5 Capacity building
3.6 Peace-builder?

4. Demobilization and reintegration

4.1 Background
4.2 The programme
4.3 Lessons from the Angolan experience

5. Management and Administration

5.1 Staffing
5.2 Financial management
5.3 Administrative support

6. From complex emergency to complex peace

6.1 The need for humanitarian coordination post-conflict
6.2 Complexity of coordination post-conflict
6.3 Management of post-conflict humanitarian coordination
6.4 UNDP and DHA

7. Conclusions and recommendations

Annex I: Emergency Relief Plan for Humanitarian Assistance
Annex II: Letter of Affiliation
Annex III: Select bibliography
Annex IV: Basic data on Angola
Annex V: Recommendations (consolidated)
Annex VI: About the authors