| International Organizations |
| These sites are concerned with International
Organizations' activities relating to natural
disasters. They conduct wide ranging activities
on a large scale among many countries. |
| AEDES（European Agency for the Development and Health） |
| AEDES is a Co-operative society of Belgian law. It organizes and manages short term and long term expertise missions related to monitoring of internal training and public health research. |
| Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) |
| The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is a coalition of small island and low-lying coastal countries that share similar development challenges and concerns about the environment, especially their vulnerability to the adverse effects of global climate change. It functions primarily as an ad hoc lobby and negotiating voice for small island developing States (SIDS) within the United Nations system. |
| APFIC(Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission) |
| Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) is an FAO Regional Fishery Body that acts as consultative forum working in partnership with other regional organizations and arrangements and members. It provides advice, coordinates activities and acts as an information broker to increase knowledge of fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia Pacific region, to underpin decision making. |
| Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) |
| CDERA's main function is to make an immediate and coordinated response to any disastrous event affecting any Participating State in the Caribbean, once the state requests such assistance. Other functions include: collating comprehensive and reliable information on disasters, disaster prevention and coordinating disaster relief. |
| Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) |
| The CGMW' aims are to promote, coordinate and publish synthetic Earth sciences maps, at small scale, of continental and / or oceanic areas of the World. It is a non-profit scientific and pedagogic body governed by French law. |
| Committee on Earth Observation Satellites(CEOS) |
| The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) is an international coordinating mechanism charged with coordinating international civil space borne missions designed to observe and study planet Earth. |
| CRID(Regional Disaster Information Center Latin America and the Caribbean) |
| The Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID for its Spanish acronym) is an initiative sponsored by six organizations that decided to join efforts to ensure the compilation and dissemination of disaster-related information in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Doctors Without Borders (MSF) |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger including those who have fallen victim to natural or man-made disasters, in more than 70 countries. It also aims to raise awareness of crisis situations often in places that people have never heard of. |
| DRM world institute for disaster risk management |
| DRM is a network for applied research, implementation, and dissemination in the field of disaster risk management. It is an initiative of the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in conjunction with the ProVention Consortium of the World Bank. |
| East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| The East-West Center is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress to strengthen relations among the nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center aims to encourage a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific community through research, education, and dialogue on issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States. |
| ECHO(the European Community Humanirarian Aid Department) |
| Echo’s main aims are to fund humanitarian
aid, carry out feasibility studies,
monitor
humanitarian projects, promotes and
coordinates
disaster prevention measures, provide
technical assistance, raise public awareness
about humanitarian issues in DiPECHO(Disaster Preparedness European Commission Humanitarian Office) |
| EUR-OPA |
| Euro-Mediterranean Seimological Centre/Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraeen(CSEM), Bruyeres-le-Chatel,France |
| The principal scientific objectives of the EMSC are to establish and operate a system for rapid determination of the European and Mediterranean earthquake epicenters and to transmit these results to the appropriate international authorities and to the members in order to meet the needs of protection of society, scientific progress and general information. |
| European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
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The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, the Centre) is an independent international organisation supported by 26 European States. The principal objectives of the Centre are to develop numerical methods for medium-range weather forecasting, prepare medium-range weather forecasts carry out scientific and technical research directed at the improvement of these forecasts and to store of appropriate meteorological data. |
| European Commission |
| The European Commission serves the interests of the European Union and the main features this web site include official press releases, photos and live TV coverage of EU affairs, details of forthcoming events and links to the policies administered and implemented by the Commission |
| European Directorate General Joint Research Centre(JRC) |
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The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union.ology for the |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| The International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies is the world's
largest humanitarian organization.
The Federation's
mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people
by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation carries out relief operations
to assist victims of disasters, and
combines
this with development work to strengthen
the capacities of its member National
Societies.
The Federation's work focuses on four
core
areas: promoting humanitarian values,
disaster
response, disaster preparedness, and
health
and community care. Disasers Site |
| IOM（International Organization for Migration） |
| IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people. |
| IUCN (The World Conservation Union) |
| The World Conservation Union is the world’s
largest conservation network. The Union brings
together 82 States, 111 government agencies,
more than 800 non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts
from 181 countries in a unique worldwide
partnership. The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and
assist societies throughout the world to
conserve the integrity and diversity of nature
and to ensure that any use of natural resources
is equitable and ecologically sustainable. |
| PAHO(Pan American Health Organization) |
| The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
is an international public health agency
with 100 years of experience in working to
improve health and living standards of the
countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization
for health of the Inter-American System.
It also serves as the Regional Office for
the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys
international recognition as part of the
United Nations system. |