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WHO SAID WHAT: AlertNet ‘forgotten’ emergencies poll
09 Mar 2005
Source: AlertNet

AlertNet asked 103 humanitarian professionals, media personalities, academics and activists which “forgotten” emergencies they would urge the world’s media to focus on in 2005.

Conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo topped the poll as the world’s worst “forgotten” crisis, followed by war in northern Uganda, conflict in southern and western Sudan, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, humanitarian suffering in West Africa, displacement in Colombia, misery in Chechnya, strife in Haiti, insurgency in Nepal and infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.

In addition, respondents highlighted other emergencies, including turmoil in Somalia, chronic hunger, displacement in Myanmar and many more.

For full coverage of the results of the poll, click on the following links:

  • Congo war tops AlertNet poll of 'forgotten' crises
  • FACTSHEET: AlertNet top 10 'forgotten' emergencies
  • ANALYSIS: World’s 'forgotten' crises scream for attention
  • GRAPHIC: AlertNet top 10 'forgotten' emergencies
  • AlertNet 'forgotten' crisis poll: who said what
  • Tsunami coverage dwarfs forgotten crises, says research
  • QUIZ: What do you know about forgotten emergencies?
  • VIEWPOINT: Media short-sightedness is truly staggering
  • FACTSHEET: Poll spotlights grim litany of crises

    Below is a complete list of those polled and their nominations for humanitarian crises neglected by the media. Respondents were free to define emergencies in any way and could highlight as many crises as they liked.

     

    Joy Andrew

    Supporter enquiries

    Tearfund – UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Meghan Armistead

    Program development coordinator & senior writer

    Lutheran World Relief - USA

    Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, northern Uganda, Liberia

    Ken Bacon

    President

    Refugees International - USA

    Northern Uganda

    Frank Baum

    Coordinator projects

    Diakonisches Werk EKD - Germany

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Chechnya, Colombia

     

     

    Brian Beckett

    Programme funding and support/emergencies team

    Christian Aid – UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Martin Bell
    British journalist, former lawmaker, UNICEF UK’s ambassador for humanitarian emergencies

    Darfur

    Mihir Bhatt

    Honorary director

    Disaster Mitigation Institute – India

    Gujarat Riots of 2002

    Jan Boeynaems

    Finance director

    Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Belgium

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Vicki Horne Bonet

    Communications manager

    Oxfam Community Aid Abroad – Australia

    Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, HIV/AIDS

    Joy Borman

    Team administrator for East and Southern Africa& senior writer

    Tearfund – UK

    Northern Uganda

    Salvano Briceno

    Director

    U.N. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

    Looming natural hazards

    Annabel Brown

    Community Aid Abroad - Australia

    East Timor nation building, Afghan reconstruction, Iraq in turmoil, HIV/AIDS in Africa

    Sian Buckley

    Production manager, Rooftop Productions

    Christian Aid – UK

    Northern Uganda

    Kate Bulbulian

    Press officer

    Care International - UK

    Angola reconstruction, HIV in southern Africa, chronic malnutrition in southern Africa, Malawi in dire straits, Zimbabwe food shortages

    Isabelle Carboni

    Programme officer, West Africa and Asia

    Methodist Relief and Development Fund - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Joel Charny

    Vice president for policy

    Refugees International - USA

    Internal displacement in Myanmar

    Lucia Castelli

    Programme manager

    Association of Volunteers in International Service – Italy

    Northern Uganda

    Noam Chomsky

    U.S. political commentator, activist, author and MIT professor

    West Papua, Israel-Palestine, natural disasters and child labour in Nicaragua, Haiti, Colombia displacement, displacement of Turkish Kurds, horrifying conditions for rural populations in India and China, Democratic Republic of Congo

    James Cox

    Advocacy Officer

    Children’s Christian Fund - Australia

    Northern Uganda, HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea

    Alan Davis

    Director of strategy and assessment

    Institute of War and Peace Reporting - UK

    African Great Lakes region, Ingushetia and Karachayevo-Cherkessia, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Darfur

     

    Annabel Devas

    Campaigns assistant

    Tearfund - UK

    Northern Uganda

    Emma de Vise

    Country programme coordinator

    War Child – UK

    African Great Lakes region

    Deron Denton

    Staff writer

    Children International – USA

    Nepal, Africa, plight of Iraqis after U.S. invasion

    Michael Eccles

    Regional programme officer, Balkans and North Caucasus

    Islamic Relief - UK

    Chechnya

    Jan Egeland

    United Nations emergency relief coordinator

    Somalia, northern Uganda, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Darfur

    Ewa Eriksson

    Desk officer for South Asia

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

    Nepal

    Bryan Evans

    Researcher, public policy team

    Tearfund - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan

    Gareth Evans

    President

    International Crisis Group - Belgium

    Nepal, northern Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Justine Frain

    Vice president, global community partnerships

    GlaxoSmithKline Plc

    Neglected infectious diseases

    Jose Maria Gallardo

    Head of international cooperation department

    Caritas Internationalis

    Somalia

    Tapiwa Gomo

    Regional senior information officer, Southern Africa

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

    HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

    Lola Gostelow

    Humanitarian policy advisor

    Save the Children - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Northern Uganda, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nepal

    K.V. Gouthami

    Emergency management and preparedness officer, South Asia

    Christian Aid - UK

    Hunger in Africa

     

    George Graham

    Programme officer, East Africa

    International Rescue Committee - UK

    Northern Uganda, Sudan’s other conflicts (excluding Darfur and southern Sudan), Eritrea malnutrition

    Julia Greenberg

    Deputy director of international programs

    American Jewish World Service - USA

    Northern Uganda, food security and HIV in Zimbabwe

     

    Debarati Guha-Sapir

    Director

    Centre for Research on Disasters, School of Public Health, University of Louvain, Brussels

    Somalia

     

    Paul Harvey

    Research fellow

    Humanitarian Policy Group

    Overseas Development Institute - UK

    Northern Uganda

    Paul Hetherington

    Media officer for emergencies

    Save the Children UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo

     

    Karen Hill

    Australia general manager

    Save the Children - Australia

    Volcanic eruption and evacuation, Manam Island, Medang, PNG

    Lindsey Hilsum

    International editor

    Channel 4 News - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Maria Immonen

    Advocacy and communication

    Lutheran World Federation World Service

    West Africa, Horn of Africa, Eritrea

    Jean Luc Jouhaneau

    Chargé de mission

    Triangle Génération Humanitaire - France

    North Korea

    Tanja Knierim

    Challenge fundraising assistant

    CARE International - UK

    Northern Uganda

    Andy Kenyon

    Community Aid Abroad - Australia

    Drought in northwest Somalia, hunger in Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Brenna Kupferman

    Deputy director and partnership coordinator

    ActionAid - USA 

    Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan

    Joe Lowry,

    Ukraine representative

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

    Tuberculosis in Eastern Europe

     

    Alec Leggat

    Programme funding manager

    Ockenden International

    Plight of Saharwari people

    Lynette Lowndes

    Head of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Europe Department

    Chernobyl, internally displaced people in Balkans, HIV/AIDS and tuberculoisis in Eastern Europe/Central Asia

    Maureen Lynch

    Refugees International - USA

     

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria violence, Colombia, Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh, stateless people, North Koreans in China, displaced people throughout Central Asia, environmental and climate-related displacement, long-term effects of gender-based violence, long-term effects of torture/psychological trauma from conflict, needs of special populations including adolescents, elderly and disabled in emergencies, detained individuals, particularly asylum seekers

    Bob McInnis

    International coordinator

    Canadian Red Cross

    HIV/AIDS

    Louise McLean

    Emergencies communications and initiatives manager. Emergencies team

    ActionAid International

    Northern Uganda

    Laurie MacGregor

    Information section

    Norwegian Church Aid

    Human trafficking, water, Africa, Chechnya, Democratic Republic of Congo

     

    Lucinda MacPherson

    Senior press and communications officer

    The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund - UK

    Legacy of Rwanda genocide

    Anna Mecagni

    MALD '05 Candidate

    The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Boston

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern African food crisis and HIV/AIDS, Colombian displacement

     

    Pierre Mercier

    Assistant to desk officer

    Première Urgence - France

    Western Sahara, Horn of Africa, locust plague, Uganda, Zimbabwe

    Manuela Mesa

    Writer

    Centro de Investigacion para la Paz (CIP), Madrid

    HIV/AIDS

    Jonathan Miller

    Foreign affairs correspondent

    Channel 4 News - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Chechnya, Aceh, Nepal, Mindanao

     

    Helen Mirren

    British film actor, visited Uganda with Oxfam

    Northern Uganda

     

    Anna Morck

    Project manager

    Norwegian Refugee Council

    Chechnya

    Elisabeth Michau

    Head of fundraising and publicity

    Health Unlimited - UK

    Malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia and other infections

    Anuradha Mittal

    Executive director

    The Oakland Institute - USA

    International debt

    Pierre Moon

    Regional funding coordinator, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda

    OXFAM Regional Centre, Nairobi

    Democratic Republic of Congo

     

    James Morris

    Executive director

    U.N. World Food Programme

    South Sudan, HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, northern Uganda, Colombia displacement, chronic hunger

    Anne Nilsen

    Head of media unit

    Norwegian Red Cross

    Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Haiti, Ethiopia/Eritrea

    Mamadou Ndiaye

    Director general

    Office Africain pour le Development et la Cooperation – Senegal

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Great Lakes, Liberia, Somalia

     

    Mark Osola

    Water and sanitation, Sierra Leone

    RedR-IHE – UK

    Debt relief

     

    John O'Shea

    Chief executive

    GOAL – Ireland

    Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda, Darfur

     

    Mari Paajanen

    Programme officer for humanitarian aid

    FinnChurchAid - Finland

    Chechnya, Bam earthquake survivors

     

    Loretta Peschi

    External relations department

    INTERSOS - Italy

    Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda

     

    Roy Probert

    Communications chief

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

    Drought in Eritrea, HIV in southern Africa, malaria, Mongolia, Palestinian autonomous and occupied territories, disaster preparedness in Caribbean

    Juliette Prodhan

    Acting regional humanitarian coordinator

    Oxfam GB in East Asia

    Sudan

    Toni Radler

    Communications director

    Christian Children's Fund - Australia

    Northern Uganda

     

    Tim Raby

    Disaster management officer, northern Uganda

    Tearfund - UK

    Northern Uganda

     

    Samantha Rennie

    Director

    Handicap International - UK

    Angola, Madagascar, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone

     

    Anne C. Richard

    Vice president, Government Relations & Advocacy,

    International Rescue Committee - USA

    Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, West Africa, northern Uganda, Great Lakes, Chechnya

    Thomas Dunmore Rodríguez

    Programme officer for South America

    Christian Aid – UK

    Urban violence in Brazil

     

    Show Ei Tun

    International Programmes Group

    World Vision - USA

    Myanmar displacement

    Toril Skjetne

    Advisor to the advocacy unit/publications coordinator

    Norwegian Refugee Council

    Northern Uganda, Sudan, Colombia

     

    Amy Slorach

    Appeal coordinator

    Tearfund - UK

    HIV/AIDS in Africa

     

    Jon Snow

    News anchorman

    Channel 4 News - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo

     

    Paul Stadlen

    Writer

    Prospect Magazine - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Somaliland

    Sarah Stewart

    Head of editorial

    Christian Aid - UK

    Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti

    Nathan Targett

    Disaster management officer, Eastern and Southern Africa Team

    Tearfund - UK

    Northern Uganda

     

    Larry Thompson

    Senior advocate

    Refugees International - USA

    Northern Uganda, southern Sudan

    Geert van der Linden

    Vice president

    Asian Development Bank

    Human trafficking

     

    Tony Vaux

    British author of ‘The Selfish Altruist’ and head of Humanitarian Initiatives

    Western Congo

     

    Julie Verhaar

    Senior fundraiser

    The Netherlands Red Cross

    Sudan conflict, Uganda violence, Ivory Coast unrest, Haiti unrest, North Korea famine

     

    Dan Vexler

    Research manager

    International Crisis Group - Belgium

    Nepal, Bangladesh, Kosovo

     

    Ann Walle

    Director of marketing and communications

    Church World Service - USA

    Sudan, Haiti, Liberia, repatriation of Burundian refugees from camps in western Tanzania

     

    Jonathan Walter

    Editor, ‘World Disasters Report’

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

     

    Burma IDPs, Nepal, India fluoride poisoning, India NE insurgency and AIDS, Central African Republic, pregnancy-related deaths worldwide, Russia/FSU radioactive contamination, AIDS in Eastern Europe

    Mariel Weighill

    Programmes director

    War Child - UK

    Impact on children in Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda, Chechnya, Colombia, Nepal, Balkans

    Susan Wilson

    Fundraising department

    Médecins Sans Frontières - UK

    Gap between rich and poor

     

    Pam Wilson

    International relief coordinator

    Operation Mercy - Sweden

    HIV/AIDS, effects of global warming

     

    Yoma Winder

    Humanitarian programme advisor, Humanitarian Department, International Division

    Oxfam GB 

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    David Wightwick

    Operations director

    Merlin – UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia

     

    Gail Wilson

    Fundraising manager

    African Medical Research Foundation - UK

    Northern Uganda, Somalia, HIV/AIDS

    Kathryn Wolford

    President

    Lutheran World Relief - USA

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Philippines/Mindanao, Uganda, Haiti

    Graham Wood

    Head of policy

    Ockenden International - UK

    Global poverty

     

    John Wallace

    Head of international partnerships

    Mines Advisory Group - UK

    Democratic Republic of Congo, Kashmir, Myanmar displacement

     

    Anne Woodworth

    Planning advisor, USA

    Adventist Development and Relief Agency International - USA

    Darfur, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo

     

    Veronica Yates

    Emergencies communications officer

    Save the Children Alliance

    Chechnya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, North Korea

     

    Randall Zindler

    Chief executive

    Medair - Switzerland

    Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda, Northern Sudan (including Nuba mountains, Upper Nile and West Darfur), southern Sudan

    Pierre Zwahlen

    Media relations

    Terre des hommes Foundation - Switzerland

    Darfur

     




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