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The post of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) was created by UN resolution 46/182 in December 1991 to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations, member states and the wider humanitarian community in response to natural and man-made emergencies.
IOM's main aid measures include shelter, protection, the provision of basic medical and sanitary care, life safety, coordination, telecommunications and logistics. On the instructions of the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, IOM, together with UNHCR, is primarily responsible for camp coordination and management in humanitarian emergencies. [12]
INSARAG, International Search and Rescue Advisory Group; 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)
The UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report of June 2015 (based on information for mid-2015 or latest available information up to that date) reported an "unprecedented" 57,959,702 individuals falling under its mandate (for reference, on 1 January 2007, 21,018,589 people – or less than half of the number in 2015 – fell under the mandate of the UNHCR).
In 1952, operations of the IRO ceased, and it was replaced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 1946, is the founding document of the IRO. The constitution specified the organization's ...
The Répertoire opérationnel des métiers et des emplois (ROME), or, in English, the Operational Directory of Trades and Jobs, [1] [2] is a French job skillset directory. It was made in 1989 by the Agence nationale pour l'emploi, [1] which became the Pôle emploi, in France. It puts jobs into categories of skill sets. [2] It catalogs more than ...
Department of State/Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM): PRM has overall USRAP management responsibility overseas and has led in proposing admissions ceilings and processing priorities. [ 5 ] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UNHCR refers cases to the USRAP for resettlement and provides important information with ...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Cyprus is an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) opened in August 1974 upon the request of the Government of Cyprus [1] [2] and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.