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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 Sources
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.
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 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 News contains 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 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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