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From: Terje Rod-Larsen <I 
To: '  
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Subject: Fw: Nexus Syria note 
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:57:33 +0000 
Importance: high 
Attachments: Nexus Center-SyriaiFeb_28_2013).docx 
From: Francesco Mancini 
To: Terje Rod-Larsen 
Cc: Walter Kemp 
Sent: Thu Feb 28 16:07:26 2013 
Subject: Nexus Syria note 
Terje, 
As discussed, attached the Nexus note, in which I added a short paragraph on the lack of coordination of the system and 
IPI retreat. This is the paragraph I added: 
In the mist of this situation, the current international system for response remains fragmented. Multiple agencies, donors, 
task forces, and "groups of friends" are developing assessments and providing relief, but in disjuncted way with little 
information sharing and coordination. The system is inefficient and under-performing. At the same time, there is no 
concerted attempt to think in more long-term and strategic way on post-Assad's Syria, what the humanitarian needs will 
be, and what early recovery and development will entail. Trying to fill this gap, the International Peace Institute (IPI) has 
begun to support a dialogue among countries in the region, major international donors, and multilateral agencies, with a 
recent retreat on issues of coordination and integration in the Middle East, with a special focus on the humanitarian 
situation in Syria. 
I am sending now a clean email that you can forward with attached the agenda and list of participants of the retreat. 
Best, 
FM 
Francesco Mancini 
Senior Director of Research, International Peace Institute (IPI) 
777 United Nations Plaza I New York NY 10017 
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