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In all parts of the world, a disproportionate number of persons with disabilities lives in poverty, underscoring the direct link between disability and denial of economic rights. More
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Urgent assistance needed for the emergency evacuation operations at the Libyan borders
IOM is deeply concerned at the fate of thousands of migrants fleeing severe violence in Libya and now stranded at the borders with Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Egypt. Concern grows over at least 6,000 migrants stranded in the Libyan city of Misrata in an extremely poor state with an... More
OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs): Humanitarian Appeal for the Horn of Africa Drought 2011
The Horn of Africa is experiencing the most severe food crisis in the world today. Over 12 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are severely affected and in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and there is no likelihood of this situation improving until 2012. This figure of... More
Promoting Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to Strengthen the Protection of Vulnerable “soft” Targets from Terrorist Attacks
The programme Public-Private Partnerships to Protect "Soft" Targets was created as an initiative of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and aims to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to protect vulnerable targets from terrorist attacks and other major security... More
Centre on Public-Private Security Policies – get involved
In September 2009, UNICRI launched the programme Centre on Public-Private Security Policies as a UN facility to promote, plan and coordinate regional cooperation mechanisms worldwide to facilitate collaboration between Member States on subjects related to the protection of vulnerable targets, such... More
Deployable emergency office in containers
OCHA is coordinating the deployment of the humanitarian organizations in various emergency locations acroos the world and during natural and/or man made disasters. Most of the time the deployments are occuring in detroy and.or very remote areas where it is very challeging to find minimum... More
Disaster in Japan: How to Help - Contact persons at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
If your organization or company would like to help the victims of the disaster in Japan, OCHA strongly recommends to contact the Government of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is coordinating all offers of assistance.
Private sector requests should go through Yukio Yoshii, the Special...
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Libyan Crisis: How to Help
This Guide informs donors how best to contribute to the humanitarian crisis in Libya and its border areas. More
Compilation of the Manual on Key Established Practices of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
In 2007 UNICRI initiated a programme to assist International Criminal Tribunals in their efforts to preserve and promote the knowledge and experience developed while prosecuting, managing and sentencing relevant war crimes cases. The vision is to preserve the knowledge gathered and the most... More
Regional Initiatives for Major Events Security
This programme aims to establish and strengthen UNICRI Regional Initiatives to protect major events, such as Olympics, Expos, economic and political summits and other mass gatherings. Major events are unique opportunities to strengthen security governance in the country and region hosting them, as... More
Specialized Training of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Authorities to Address Organized Crime and Global Challenges
2009-2010 marks the opening of a new UNICRI Office in Vientiane, Lao PDR, to manage and support the programme Specialized Training of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Authorities to Address Organized Crime and Global Challenges: Enhancing Capacity Building of the Lao Criminal Justice System.
The...
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