Letters to GabriellaFLF Press, 2004 - 546 էջ "War in Angola lasted intermittently for more than forty years. After a failed attempt at peace from 1994 to 1998 a full scale conventional war broke out again at the end of 1998. This marked the end of a United Nations attempt, lasting more than twelve years, to make peace in this country. It was one of the first big UN missions after the Cold War and turned into a spectacular and expensive failure. Throughout this last "War for Peace" from 1998-2002 the author lived and worked in Huambo, at the epicentre of the war, implementing a United Nations project. This project, poorly planned initially, was restructured locally and achieved considerable successes before finally succumbing to UN incompetence that saw two thirds of its funding disappear and degenerated into a web of lies, excuses and accusations as the UN refused to provide an explanation to donors, the Angolan government and people, project staff and the press of what went wrong and why."--Back cover. |
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From the Beginning of the Beginning Huambo June 1998 How to Help the Poor 1 Luanda June 1998 The Contract Getting Started June 1998 There ... | 1 |
The World | 14 |
There Are No Jobs Here 2 Learning Learning but What? How to Help the Poor 2 | 88 |
Caught in | 97 |
The UN Must | 103 |
Closing 1 | 114 |
How to Help the Poor 3 | 120 |
Luanda March and April | 127 |
Promises Promises Part 2 | 346 |
The Massacre | 368 |
Missions UNDP Style 2 | 376 |
Appearance and Reality The End of Compromise | 383 |
Man is Not an Island? | 389 |
103 | 397 |
Waiting for the Messiah | 401 |
Merry Christmas 3 | 412 |
Stale Mate 1 | 142 |
Who Started | 148 |
Luanda June 1999 | 179 |
Stale Mate 2 | 196 |
Missions UNDP Style | 216 |
1 | 225 |
No Turning Back | 245 |
The Mission 1 | 260 |
Promises Promises Part 1 | 269 |
No One Shall Be Arbitrarily Deprived of His Property | 279 |
Luanda Getting Some Facts at Last | 288 |
Lots of Diverse Stumbling About | 295 |
The Mission 2 and 3 | 301 |
November 2000 | 310 |
Loose Ends Closing 2 325 | 325 |
The Buck Stops Here | 331 |
A World of Development Experience | 338 |
105 | 415 |
How Long is a Piece of String? | 425 |
Promises Promises Part 3 | 433 |
February 2002 | 444 |
The Two Years | 455 |
Death in the Bush | 466 |
Everyone Has the Right to Life Liberty and Security of Person | 479 |
Everyone Has the Right to Recognition Everywhere as a Person Before the Law | 493 |
127 | 501 |
We are With You | 507 |
196 | 519 |
Not When But If | 521 |
That Was Then and Now is Then | 531 |
To the Beginning of the End | 537 |
Selected Bibliography | 543 |
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