Humanitarian operations see high turn-overs of staff, security training is essential. A Trust Fund for Security was established. So far only three States have contributed while one other has pledged. This is an extraordinarily disappointing response. Conversely, the inclusion of attacks against humanitarian personnel as a crime falling within the jurisdiction of the ICC is a very positive development.
Humanitarian workers appear to be seen as dispensable.
Many times they are deployed where Governments consider it too risky to deploy better trained, better equipped and better protected peace-keepers. The casualty rates among humanitarian workers are atrocious. Last year, WFP suffered particularly severe losses but so did other UN agencies, the Red Cross Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations. Well over ninety per cent of the deaths of humanitarian workers were not even adequately investigated by the authorities concerned. The killing will continue until either humanitarian agencies refuse to go where their security can not be guaranteed - or until Governments with influence give the security of humanitarian personnel the importance it merits.