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Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC)
http://www.scalabrini.org/~smc/
The SMC
is a non-profit research institute established in 1987 and based in Quezon
City, Philippines. SMC is dedicated to encourage and facilitate the study
of socio-demographic, economic, political, psychological, historical,
legislative and religious aspects of human migration and refugee movements
from and within Asia.
Website includes
information about SMC, Data on Asian Migration
(by country), a Directory of NGOs for Migrant Workersin Asia (by
country), and Asian Migration News (bi-weekly updates). The website
also contains subscription information and table of contents for two SMC
journals: Asian
Migrant (yearly) and Asian and Pacific Migration (quarterly). Asian
Migrant is specifically targeted toward field workers, activists, NGO
associates, and researchers; and often contains articles on area refugee
populations. A library catalog will also be available online in the
future.
United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
http://www.unicef.org/
(French, Spanish, English)
The
central role of UNICEF in emergencies is to act as an advocate for
children. The organization believes that humanitarian interventions should
be integrated with ongoing programs directed toward children and therefore
focuses its assistance on such interventions as health, nutrition,
immunization, education, water and sanitation.
Website
includes information about UNICEF, mission, programs, activities. Checkout Highlights for
featured programs that may be of interest. Information Resources
and UNICEF in Action may also
be of interest.
 http://www.unicef.org/action/
UNICEF in Action provides information about programs and activities.
On the left side tool bar several points of interest are emergencies,
research and evaluation, and supply. Research
and evaluation offers information about UNICEF's division of
Evaluation, Policy, and Planning, and its activities. Supply offers
catalogue of products UNICEF can supply to registered procurement
customers, information on how to become registered, and more general
information on these activities.
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http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index.html
Under Emergencies (left side toolbar) find information specific to
emergency activities, emergency updates, and appeals. Countries in
crisis provides country specific information with past press releases,
situation reports, maps, and links to other websites. Humanitarian
Issues offers links to documents related to UNICEF's work in
emergencies and Reference Library provides lists of references and
other concerned websites.
http://www.unicef.org/infores/index.html
Information Sources provides links to various materials covering the
areas and countries where UNICEF works. Access to online documents and
speeches, catalogue of orderable publications, answers to frequently asked
questions, and statistical information.
United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP)
www.undp.org
UNDP is
the United Nations' principal provider of development advice, advocacy and
grant support. In addition to coordinating international humanitarian
assistance in crisis situations, UNDP provides a bridge between emergency
relief and long-term economic development. In societies wracked by
conflict, UNDP supports national and regional reconciliation; greater
participation by women in peace-building and democratization; reintegration
of refugees and displaced persons; reconstruction of war-torn communities;
and demobilization and reintegration of former soldiers into civil society.
Searchable
Website offers information about organization, mission, programs, and
activities. Access to country office websites. Publications are available
either online or can be ordered. Press releases and annual reports are
available online. Human Development reports, which assess people's well
being by country, are also available as are occasional papers.
http://www.undp.org/erd/
Emergency Response Division highlights UNDP reports and press
releases on crisis situations. Scroll to the far right to access Side bar.
Service areas and Thematic Areas provides access to information specific to
UNDP emergency policy and activities. Reference allows access to a list of
papers and articles.
http://www2.wide.org.br/htmlEstaticoEn/Welcome.html
Web of Information for Development (WIDE) is a comprehensive
system on the institutional capacities, expertise, knowledge and innovative
experiences, aimed at facilitating technical cooperation among developing
countries. Searchable database of documents, products, supplies,
experts, and institutions on development technologies and information.
United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/index.html
OCHA has
the mandate to coordinate UN assistance in humanitarian crises that go
beyond the capacity and mandate of any single humanitarian agency.
Website
contains information on agency and its activities. Links to News includes Latest Reports and Publications,
which lists manuals, directories, handbooks, and other OCHA publications on
disaster management, protection, coordination, complex emergencies, and
internal displacement. Humanitarian
Assistance Training Inventory offers access to a large database of UN
and NGO training information and materials, and it also offers links to
other training databases. Link to ReliefWeb is also
available (see description under News).
http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/pub/idp_gp/idp.html
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
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
REFWORLDa 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.
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