The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 65

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Paragraph text: General situations of insecurity create yet another serious dilemma for humanitarian actors. They may have to rely on international military actors such as peacekeeping missions to secure humanitarian corridors or guard convoys and installations. However, if such troops have a non-neutral mandate or are perceived as supporting a particular side in the conflict, the humanitarian organizations they protect may be viewed as being too closely associated with them, thus undermining the neutral and impartial profile that forms the basis of their work and traditionally protected them from violence. The dilemma is exacerbated when no military forces under international command are available, and humanitarian actors must rely on Government forces or private security companies, which typically are not detached from local political dynamics, to physically protect them. This is currently the case in virtually all of Somalia, and may become the case in Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, should the blue helmet troops eventually be withdrawn.

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Reference: SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/282, para. 65.