Historical dictionary of refugee and disaster relief organizations / Robert F. Gorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorman, Robert F.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of international organizations series ; no. 18.

Historical dictionaries of international organizations series ; no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Services for--Directories.

Refugees.

Disaster relief--Directories.

Disaster relief.

Refugees--Services for.

Genre:

Directories.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 356 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Contents:

Timeline of Important Events xxi

1. Heads of Important International Refugee and Disaster Assistance Agencies 307

2. Composition of the UNHCR Advisory Committee, the UNREF Executive Committee, and the Executive Committee of the UNHCR 313

3. States Party to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 315

4. States Party to the OAU Convention Governing Refugee Problems in Africa and to the Cartagena Declaration 318

5. Global Refugee Population by Country of Asylum 319

6. Refugee Statistics by Region and Year, 1982-1997 320

7. UNHCR Budgetary Expenditures since 1955 on General and Special Programs for Refugees 321

8. NGOs Working with UNHCR 323

9. Interaction Member Organizations 336

10. International Council of Voluntary Agency (ICVA) Members 340

11. Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief 343

12. Major Twentieth-Century Disasters 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-304).

ISBN:

0810837749

OCLC:

43411608