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 1st Special Response Group - 1SRG saves lives in challenging and extreme conditions and aids others to do so as well. It is an international response search and rescue unit that delivers services and training which enable local resources to respond to incidents without external support. 1SRG is the only non-governmental organization in the United States providing this service. The team is entirely composed of volunteer professionals and is available upon request to help anywhere in the world.
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American Rescue Team International - The American Rescue Team International (ARTI) is a internationally recognized humanitarian rescue organization
operating within the framework of the Geneva Convention and Protocols. Their
purpose is to save lives, reduce suffering and to assist in the reduction of the
devastating aftermath caused by catastrophic events.
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Department of International Law - The Department of International Law is a division of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs and, among other functions, renders advice and legal services to the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Councils of the Organization, the Inter-American Specialized Conferences, and other organs, agencies and entities of the Organization in the field of public international law and private international law. It also acts as Secretariat of the Inter-American Juridical Committee and as depository of Inter-American multilateral treaties and of bilateral agreements celebrated by the Organs of the OAS with American States or with other Inter-American organs or national entities of countries that are members or observers.
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Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre - The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) serves as a coordinative body for 46 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Countries (NATO and PfP) in response to natural and technological disasters since 1998.
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies exists to improve the situation of the world's most
vulnerable people. It provides assistance without discrimination as to nationality,
race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation provides humanitarian relief to people affected by disasters or
other emergencies and development assistance to empower vulnerable people to
become more self-sufficient.
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PAHO Virtual Disaster Library - The VDL is an on-line collection of disaster publications that boasts more than 250 publications in English and Spanish on disasters and emergencies;
more than 25,000 pages of ideas, discussion, and solutions for disaster reduction; and a powerful yet simple search engine that helps one to quickly locate information. The VDL is an excellent tool that can save hours of searching and waiting for documents by allowing users to view publications on-line or to download them in PDF format. The VDL is also available on CD-ROM
(in limited supply) for disaster organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health
agency with more than 90 years of experience in working to improve health and
living standards of the countries of the Americas.
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The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction - This document is a collection of the proceedings based on reports by the rapporteurs of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) Programme Forum 1999, held from 5 to 9 July 1999, in Geneva, Switzerland. Proceedings of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/UN Education and Science Organisation (UNESCO) Sub-Forum on Science and Technology have been published in a separate document by the concerned organizations.
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