(Source: UN Photo, IRIN)
(1) General Emergency Relief Resources
> Relief Web | Operated by OCHA, Relief Web is the leading global website for timely, reliable and relevant information on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. Updated around the clock, it is designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance. Over 150 new documents and maps are posted daily from more than 2000 sources.
(2) Business Specific Emergency Relief Resources
> Disaster management and planning: An IBLF framework for business response | International Business Leader Forum
> World Economic Forum Disaster Resource Network
(3) UN System Resources
> United Nations Home Page
> Guidelines on Cooperation between the UN and the Business Community
(4) UN Agency List
a) Agencies that respond directly to emergencies
> FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
> OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
> UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund
> UNDP | United Nations Development Programme
> UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund
> UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
> WFP | United Nations World Food Programme
> WHO | World Health Organization
b) Agencies that foster business support of UN principles and activities
> UN Global Compact
> UNFIP | United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
c) Agencies that focus on Disaster Prevention
> ISDR | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
d) Agencies that provide volunteer opportunities
> UN Volunteers
(5) Major humanitarian relief organisations outside of the UN system
(note that these listings are by no means comprehensive)
a) Networks or Council of Organizations
> ICVA | The International Council of Voluntary Agencies
> InterAction.org | American Council for Voluntary International Action
> ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross
> IASC | The Inter-Agency Standing Committee
> GuideStar
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The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
b) Direct service organizations
> CARE
> Catholic Relief Services
> Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
> The International Rescue Committee
> Oxfam
> Save the Children
> World Vision
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