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A safe house must be based on a strong foundation and therefore it must be given primary attention. Problems with foundations not properly designed lead to unequal settlement, cracking of walls...
This publication, which highlights success stories and lessons learned, is aimed at a wide audience. The intent is to further raise awareness of the devastation that an environmental emergency can...
At an Inter-agency Symposium on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations held in Geneva, Switzerland in June 1995, more than 50 governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and UN agencies...
I) Refugee status, on the universal level, is governed by the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. These two international legal instruments have been adopted...
Intended to be used by NGO field staff who work with refugees and displaced persons. It offers both basic legal information about international protection for refugees and practical guidance for...
Pursuant to a decision of the General Assembly(1), a United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries met at Geneva in 1951 to draft a Convention regulating the legal status of refugees. As a result...
Refugee and relief agencies should aim to prevent, mitigate and rehabilitate negative refugeerelated impacts on the environment. Such a commitment requires the integration, to the greatest extent...
Refugee operations are often typified by the need to make quick decisions - decisions which if not based on the best available information, may risk jeopardising the lives and welfare of large...
Resettlement under UNHCR auspices is geared primarily to the special needs of refugees under the Office's mandate whose life, liberty, safety, health or other fundamental human rights are at...
Detailed guidance on the cluster approach is provided in the IASC Guidance Note on Using the ClusterApproach to Strengthen Humanitarian Response, 24 November 2006. The IASC Generic Terms of...