Operation Lifeline Sudan

NGO - Non-governmental organizations
OLS – Operation Lifeline Sudan
UNICEF
WFP
HCT

are important participants in international humanitarian relief system
UN and its member states have incorporated NGOs because it:
a) provides policy advice
b) helps monitor commitments to humanitarian relief assistance
NGO inclusion in the OLS humanitarian relief system was based on the confluence of governmental incentives and NGO comparative advantages and resources

NGO Forum
Operated by its own terms of reference with an annually elected steering committee which has 12 seats (10 for INGO and 2 for NNGO).
The NGO forum has a full membership in the Humanitarian Country Team.

support
Operation Lifeline Sudan has coordinated the work of most of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs), working in this part of Africa.
Like regional administration each NGO has had responsibility for a particular area of the country
Underlying causes of war remain unsolved
The only resolution to the country's problems are external political pressure
Some doctrines and rules of other countries may not allow intervention in other countries’ domestic conflicts
OLS may serve as a model for how medical aid can be delivered in an even-handed way