• Humanitarian Aid

     

    Treaty to Protect UN Staff Falls Far Short of Backers

    by  • April 4, 2012 • Humanitarian Aid, UN Employment • 0 Comments

    UN envoy for Ivory Coast

    In 1994, after deadly civil wars began to pose extreme dangers to both peacekeepers and humanitarian staff members working around the world, the United Nations adopted the 1994 Convention on the Safety of UN and Associated Personnel, which made nations where UN troops and other missions are based responsible for their safety. An additional protocol [...]

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    Proposed US Foreign Aid Shows Slight Increase

    by  • February 24, 2012 • GOINGS-ON, Humanitarian Aid, US-UN Relations • 3 Comments

    UN and guinea-bissau

    In his recently released 2013 budget proposal, President Obama has increased funds for foreign aid to the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, but the 1.2 percent rise over 2012 figures is still less than 1 percent of the entire federal budget. The total amount proposed for foreign aid is $51.6 [...]

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    Thailand Gets UN Help in Tracking Flood Crisis

    by  • November 8, 2011 • Asia, GOINGS-ON, Humanitarian Aid • 1 Comment

    The UN has set up a partnership to provide live-time flood-tracking information to Thai officials for preventive measures.

    For decades, Southeast Asia has been seeking better systems to monitor and deal with natural disasters, a subject that got a lot of renewed attention after the Asian tsunami in the waning days of 2004 caused more than 275,000 confirmed deaths in the Indian Ocean region, 4,800 in Thailand alone, including a grandson of the [...]

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