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Extractions: Internal displacement has come to the fore in recent years as one of the most pressing humanitarian, human rights and political issues now facing the global community. There are an estimated 20 to 25 million persons world-wide, forcibly displaced within the borders of their own countries as a result of armed conflict and human rights violations, and who are often in acute need of protection and assistance. Whereas refugees, who total around 12 million, can look to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for support, internally displaced persons have no comparable international system in place to respond to their needs. True, ad hoc arrangements have developed, but large numbers of internally displaced persons remain outside established systems of protection and assistance. Issue of Sovereignty Legal Framework To provide the international community with a framework for action, the Representative, together with a team of international legal experts, developed the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. For many years, international organisations and NGOs had pointed to the absence of a document to turn to when dealing with internally displaced populations. To fill this gap and at the request of the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, the Representative studied the extent to which international law provides protection for the internally displaced. A
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Extractions: The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide a better understanding of a disaster and the impact it may have on families. The other fact sheets of this series will discuss general stress and coping skills and ways families can cope with specific stresses that are often associated with disasters, such as health, financial, family, interpersonal, and psychological stress. A disaster is an event that: Involves the destruction of property, injury, and/or loss of life Has an identifiable beginning and end Adversely affects a relatively large group of people Is "public" and shared by members of more than one family
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Extractions: Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO DISASTERS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT This chapter provides an overview of disaster management definitions and principles useful to military and civil defence planners in conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations. MCDA - A national treasure. Within the resources of most nations, MCDA represents unique technological and logistical capabilities that can be mobilized on short notice in a self-contained, self sufficient and highly mobile fashion, to support lifesaving relief efforts on behalf of Affected States. Nearly all nations have at one time or another used their military assets and capabilities for national disaster relief. A number of nations have also done so in international relief operations lead by the UN, regional organizations, or bilaterally. UN Member States have recognized that natural or manmade disasters can pose as lethal a threat as that of war, to the stability of any society. Unfortunately, there are no diplomatic initiatives great enough to thwart earthquakes or negotiate an accidental nuclear power plant radiation release. Disasters do not recognize national borders and require international cooperation to prepare for and respond to their associated challenges and horrors.
Extractions: Maintaining a strong national defense encompasses such diverse activities as running a hospital, commanding a tank, programming computers, operating a nuclear reactor, or repairing and maintaining a helicopter. The military provides training and work experience in these and many other fields for more than 2.5 million people. More than 1.4 million people serve in the active Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and more than 1.1 million serve in their Reserve components, and the Air and Army National Guard. The Coast Guard is now part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The military distinguishes between enlisted and officer careers. Enlisted personnel, who make up about 85 percent of the Armed Forces, carry out the fundamental operations of the military in areas such as combat, administration, construction, engineering, health care, and human services. Officers, who make up the remaining 15 percent of the Armed Forces, are the leaders of the military, supervising and managing activities in every occupational specialty of the Armed Forces.
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