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ReliefWeb was founded in October 1996 and is administered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).The project began under the US Department of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which had noticed during the Rwanda crisis how poorly critical operational information was shared between NGOs, UN Agencies and Governments.
ReliefWeb, a leading source of time-critical humanitarian information on global crises and disasters. ReliefWeb is a 24/7 service that provides the latest reports, maps, infographics, and videos from trusted sources, as well as jobs and training programs for humanitarians. [12] (1996)
In November the government of Sudan requested that the mission be ended. The United Nations Security Council agreed to end the mission by 3 December 2023, with 14 votes in favour and one abstention, with a subsequent three-month withdrawal period.
The United States granted US$315 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan and refugee-receiving countries including the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. [28] The United Arab Emirates set aside 70% of its US$100 million humanitarian pledge to give to Sudan and surrounding countries affected by the humanitarian crisis ...
Responds to the Darfur crisis in Sudan with infrastructure-building operations, [12] Intervenes in Kenya to support populations affected by drought [13] [not specific enough to verify] Launches operations in Lebanon. [14] 2007 Operations begin in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (West Bank) [15] and the Central African Republic.
In the years following, Medair expanded its programming to include projects assisting internally displaced people in Sudan, Liberia, and Iraq. [5] By 1995, Medair was operating independently from its founding organisations, [6] but continues to partner with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) today when its activities require them to travel to difficult-to-reach places inaccessible by car or foot.
Before independence the RRC existed as the Sudan SRRA, or SRRC. This organization was an organ of the SPLM and had the authority to issue travel documents. [4] The SRRC was initially titled the Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Agency, or SRRA, and changed its name after it merged with its rival, the Relief Association for South Sudan (RASS), a unit of Riek Machar's militias from 1991 to 2003 ...
In 1997, the three Maaji refugee settlements (I, II, and III) were established to receive the influx of refugees due to the Second Sudanese Civil War. [2]In 2002 and 2003, the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conducted many attacks in north-western Uganda, which housed over 100,000 refugees at the time.