Sister Cities International (www.sister-cities.org) is a citizen diplomacy network connecting 134 countries that is focused on creating and strengthening partnerships between the U.S. and communities abroad. Begun in 1956 after a White House summit where U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower called for people-to-people exchanges, sister city partnerships are tailored to local interests and increase global cooperation at the grassroots level. Sister Cities International promotes peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation by focusing on sustainable and economic development, youth and education, arts and culture, and humanitarian assistance programs Sister Cities International's Islamic Partnership Initiative aims to develop and energize sister city relationships between VS....
General review of the legal activities of the United Nations Membership of the United Nations 97 Peace and security (a) Peacekeeping missions and operations (b) Political and peacebuilding missions (c) Other bodies (d) Missions of the Security Council (e) Other peacekeeping matters (f) Action of Member States authorized by the Security Council (g) Sanctions imposed under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations (h) Terrorism (i) Humanitarian law and human rights in the context of peace and security (j) Piracy Disarmament and related matters (a) Disarmament machinery (b) Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferations issues (c) Biological and chemical weapons issues (d) Conventional weapons issues (e) Regional disarmament activities of the United Nations...
... rights, in the framework of the international community’s expectations in that regard . On 30 ... “Strengthening public-private partnerships to counter crime in all its forms and manifestatio...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The German humanitarian aid agency, Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen, or Wings of Help, is coordinating the largest airlift of humanitarian relief supplies from Germany to the Horn of Africa, where 12.4 million people are in need of emergency assistance. The supplies, which include approximately 90 tons of vital medicines, tents, and nutrient-dense foods, will be transported to Kenya on a cargo flight donated by Lufthansa Airlines, and will be distributed in partnership with International Medical Corps and its teams on the ground in Kenya and Somalia. International Medical Corps is deeply grateful to Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen, Lufthansa, International Relief Teams, Dr. Gerhard Gensthaler, Dr. Marcus Schmitt, Mr. Christian Poppe, and all those wh...
...) such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and thus struggle to protect t...Meanwhile, the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership International has begun...
..., with respect to such matters as international educational and cultural affairs, information acti... military customers, DLA supports humanitarian relief efforts at home and abroad. The agency also... and logisticians in constant partnership with commercial, joint, interagency, and coalition...
... even within the international humanitarian community, which considers responding to complex e...) and the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP). In addition, a number of new actors from th...
DENVER, Feb. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Water For People (WFP), an international humanitarian organization, today announced the successful launch of its Phase II "Water For Africa" partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of International Activities and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The partnership was formed to help bring safe and sustainable drinking water to the urban poor in African cities. Water For People is currently hosting and facilitating an Eastern and Central African Peri-urban Project (ECAPP) workshop this week in Kampala, Uganda. Thirty participants, including heads of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia will share, learn and determine how to build on the success of the three-year "Water For...
DoD aids foreign populations under authorities to conduct humanitarian assistance in a variety of other circumstances, including as an adjunct to military training and exercises with and as part of military operations. * Building foreign military capacity and capabilities - DoD provides military equipment, weapons, training, and other assistance to build up the military capacity and capabilities of friendly foreign countries.
... international and interagency "partnerships," as well as an expanded DoD role in foreign assis...
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, INTOSAI set up a task force to establish an audit trail for tsunami-related aid. With $13 billion pledged and 56 countries and a multitude of aid organizations involved, this proved to be virtually impossible for the task force. In November 2007, INTOSAI decided to broaden the scope of the task force to disaster-related aid in general and transform it into a formal working group. The working group is aware that time and cart will be required before accountability in this area improves and that SAIs and auditors in general have only limited influence. Nevertheless, auditors can make a difference in many different ways. They can: 1. influence donors to improve the transparency and accountability of humanitarian operations, 2. provide tools that organi...
... by the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP), an international self- regulatory body that...
... online social change effort between international humanitarian organization CARE and General Mills a...
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