Humanitarian relief and H Guide - Resources and Review

News, campaigns and events, publications and information about volunteering overseas. Includes a small sample of jobs.
 
Mechanism for professional information exchange in the field of humanitarian aid. Includes information on HPN objectives, membership information, abstracts of HPN publications, and online newsletters focusing on political emergencies in specific regions.
 
Oxfam is a development and relief agency working to put an end to poverty worldwide. Oxfam works in partnership with local groups and with poor people to help them help themselves.
 
Organisation established to provide humanitarian aid to countries outside the European Union in the event of natural disasters and armed conflict. Documents the growth of aid since 1991, describes methods of intervention, and details related activities such as the coordination of disaster prevention measures and the organisation of training programmes.
 
Aims to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief community through the timely dissemination of reliable information on prevention, preparedness and disaster response. Includes information on emergencies, and 'The Bulletin', a listing of new developments and major announcements.
 
Report addressing the UK Labour Government's policies and activities on humanitarian issues, both nationally and internationally, between June 1999 and June 2000. The issues covered include topics such as the protection of war victims, child exploitation, refugees, the EU stance on the death penalty, and responses to issues raised by the Kosovan conflict. A list of sources detailing additional humanitarian resources is also provided.
 
Information about the current situation in Kosovo. Includes daily population statistics and estimates of the number of humanitarian evacuations of Kosovar refugees, detailing receiving countries. The number of asylum applications lodged by citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is also documented.
 
Annual report which analyses the humanitarian crises of the past, present and future and provides comprehensive analysis of the world's humanitarian crises, for disaster professionals and donors, politicians and planners, scientists and academics, journalists and community aid workers.
 
An evaluated selection of documents on matters of international security, defence, and humanitarian issues aimed at the British policy
making audience. Topics include chemical and nuclear weapons, and the ethics of humanitarian intervention. A parliament page is dedicated to security concerns discussed in both Houses of the UK Parliament, while a direct link to ISIS Europe deals with security in Europe.
 
Directory of more than 7000 UK charities listed by category and searchable by name, town, county and Charity Commission registration number. Telephone numbers are supplied for all entries, and some have further details.
 
Official site of the UN which works to protect human rights, promote the protection of the environment, help the advancement of women and the rights of children, fight epidemics, famine and poverty, assist refugees, help improve telecommunication, deliver food aid, protect consumers, combat disease and help expand food production, make loans to developing countries and help stabilize financial markets.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to social welfare.
 
The ICRC acts to help all victims of war and internal violence, attempting to ensure implementation of humanitarian rules restricting armed violence.
 
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