Humanitarian Assistance Organizations

Donor Organizations

• AusAID – Australian Council for International Aid
• CIDA – Canadian International Development Agency
• DfID – U.K. Department for International Development
• ECHO – European Community Humanitarian Office
• JICA – Japanese International Cooperation Agency
• USAID – United States Agency for International Development

International Organizations

• ILO – International Labour Organization
• IOM – International Organization for Migration
  

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Non-Governmental Organizations

• ICVA – International Council of Voluntary Agencies [an NGO consortium]
• InterAction – A consortium of 160 US-based NGOs
• IOM International Organization for Migration
• CARE
• IRC – International Rescue Committee
• Islamic Relief
• OXFAM International
• Samaritan’s Purse
• Save the Children – International Save the Children Alliance
• WarChild

 Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

• ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross
• IFRC – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• National Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies
  • General National Society Directory
  • American Red Cross
  • Bangladesh Red Crescent
  • Cambodian Red Cross
  • Indian Red Cross
  • Indonesia Red Cross [Palang Merah Indonesia]
  • Japan Red Cross
  • Malaysian Red Crescent [Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia]
  • Philippine National Red Cross
  • Singapore Red Cross
  • Sri Lankan Red Cross
  • Viet Nam Red Cross
    

UN – United Nations

• UN – United Nations [Home page]
• UN General Assembly
• UN Economic and Social Council
• UN Population Fund
• UN International Court of Justice
• UN Office of the Secretariat
• UN Security Council
• UN Trusteeship Council

UN Agencies, Offices & Programmes

• OCHA – UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• UN DPKO – UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNDP – UN Development Programme
• UNFPA – UN Population Fund
• UNICEF – UN Children’s Fund
• WFP – UN World Food Programme
• WFP-LCU– WFP Logistics Cooridnation Unit (WFP-LCU)
• WHO – UN World Health Organization 

Guidelines

• IFRC International Disaster Response Guidelines
• UN Civil-Military Coordination Guidelines
• MCDA Guidelines [complex emergencies / conflict situations]
• Oslo Guidelines [disaster responses]
• Use of Military or Armed Escorts for Humanitarian Convoys
• Annotations to the International Disaster Response Guidelines [unofficial]
  Information Sources

Information Sources

• COE Reports – Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Reports
• PDC – Pacific Disaster Center
• ReliefWeb – run by UN OCHA
• Virtual OSOCC [UN OCHA Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre; requires registration]

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