Aid Memoir

Larry Hollingworth

Published by Fordham University Press 2021

Aid Memoir

Larry Hollingworth

In the series International Humanitarian Affairs

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823297054

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Mr. Larry’s Aid Memoir follows the experiences of Larry Hollingworth, head of UNHCR efforts in Bosnia during the Bosnian conflict of the early to mid 90’s. Mr. Hollingworth develops a narrative that traces humanitarian attempts to deliver food and aid to besieged, isolated, and desperate communities throughout the Balkans, including Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Srebrenica.

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Hollingworth Larry :

Larry Hollingworth is a Visiting Professor of Humanitarian Studies at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) at Fordham University in New York. Over the past decade, Mr. Hollingworth served as Humanitarian Coordinator on CIHC-supported missions for the United Nations in Iraq, Lebanon, East Timor, Palestine, and Pakistan. After serving as a British Army officer for thirty years, Mr. Hollingworth joined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and held assignments in Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was appointed UNHCR Chief of Operations in Sarajevo during the siege of the city in the Balkan conflict. Mr. Hollingworth has also worked with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He was awarded Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 and honored by the U.S Department of State on the 60th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees in 2011. Mr. Hollingworth is a frequent lecturer on relief and refugee topics in universities and is a commentator on humanitarian issues for the BBC. In his current role as Humanitarian Programs Director, which he has held for over 15 years, Mr. Hollingworth directs humanitarian training courses for participants from or intending to enter the humanitarian aid world. He has directed 48 one-month courses and more than 50 one-week courses, of which there are over 2,300 alumni.Larry Hollingworth is a Visiting Professor of Humanitarian Studies at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) at Fordham University in New York. Over the past decade, Mr. Hollingworth served as Humanitarian Coordinator on CIHC-supported missions for the United Nations in Iraq, Lebanon, East Timor, Palestine, and Pakistan. After serving as a British Army officer for thirty years, Mr. Hollingworth joined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and held assignments in Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was appointed UNHCR Chief of Operations in Sarajevo during the siege of the city in the Balkan conflict. Mr. Hollingworth has also worked with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He was awarded Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 and honored by the U.S Department of State on the 60th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees in 2011. Mr. Hollingworth is a frequent lecturer on relief and refugee topics in universities and is a commentator on humanitarian issues for the BBC. In his current role as Humanitarian Programs Director, which he has held for over 15 years, Mr. Hollingworth directs humanitarian training courses for participants from or intending to enter the humanitarian aid world. He has directed 48 one-month courses and more than 50 one-week courses, of which there are over 2,300 alumni.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	11
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Foreword Jamie McGoldrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
One: The Call Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
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Nine: Spoils of War, Casualties of Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Ten: Zepa, the Long Way Round Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
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Sixteen: Banja Luka and Its Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Seventeen: Banja Luka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Eighteen: Tesanj and Maglaj, A Delayed Entry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
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Twenty One: The Darkest of Dark Days Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 482
Illustrations
- Other: 11 b/w illustrations
Keywords: Politics; Memoir; Human Rights

eBook

Published: April 6, 2021
ISBN: 9780823297054