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United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR)
www.unhcr.ch
UNHCR is
mandated by the United Nations to lead and coordinate international action
for the world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee
problems.
Web site
provides information about UNHCR, programs, and activities; as well as
general refugee information and news. The website is worth browsing on
one’s own and the home page is pretty descriptive for its categories.
The world offers map and text-based
access to country-specific information about refugees. Issues
offers a topic-specific route to articles about refugee children, the
environment, women's issues. Evaluation and Policy Analysis offers access to UNHCR
reports that can be searched by country, theme, or date. Statistics
related to crisis situations and UNHCR and partner efforts are also
available.
 http://www.unhcr.ch/news/news.htm
News includes press releases, news archives, new publications, briefing
news, and country updates. UNHCR
in the Newscontains the 100 latest news stories on UNHCR and refugees
from around the world.
http://www.unhcr.ch/pubs/pubs.htm
Publications offers online access to Refugees magazine and other
UNHCR publications. Also click on to reference which is an addition to the UN publications
page which provides links to working papers and other documents.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/welcome.htm
REFWORLD – a collection of full-text databases representing the most
comprehensive and reliable refugee information resource available. UNCHR
and UN documents as well as an impressive refugee literature search.
- http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/pubs/rsq.htm
Refugee Survey Quarterly serves as an authoritative source for
current refugee and country information. Each issue is a combination
of country reports, documents, reviews and abstracts of
refugee-related literature.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/refworld/unhcr/hcspeech/menu.htm
Speeches of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
includes a speech by former High Commissioner Sadako Ogata on "Telecommunications in the Service of Humanitarian
Assistance”.
http://ww.the-ecentre.net
Regional Centre for Emergency Training in International Humanitarian
Response in Tokyo, Japan.
World Bank - The Global Peacebuilding Network
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/ESSD/pc1.nsf/Home?OpenView
The
Global Peacebuilding Network is an information gateway on the transition
from violent conflict to sustainable peace and development. The network brings
together a wide range of organizations to share information and build
partnerships.
Website
includes on-line profiles of member organizations and links to their sites,
publications, training opportunities, an expert directory, and project
information. Links to news sources, information on World Bank and other
members’ activities, and discussion forums also available.
World Food Programme
www.wfp.org
WFP is
the frontline United Nations organization fighting to eradicate world
hunger, and works in both emergency and development situations.
About WFP contains information
on food aid policies for emergencies, rehabilitation development, women,
school feeding and work for food. Policies contains
the WFP Mission
Statement and its Policy Papers.
Operations
on the left-hand
side of home page includes links to guidelines and policies regarding food
aid programs and country specific projects. News Room includes
news on WFP activities and food security world-wide, including weekly
emergency reports. Logistics
provides information on various WFP transport and logistics documentation.
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