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South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami News Available at ReliefWeb |
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| Information on the worlds crisis points
and relief operations is updated around the clock and supplied by more
than 500 sources. ReliefWebs 100,000 documents and archives dating back
to 1981 make it the largest source for humanitarian response information
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ReliefWeb
is an electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on
humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters designed specifically
to help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.
The site was launched in October 1996 to serve the needs of the international
relief community and entrenched by GA resolution 51/194 on 10 February
1997.
The site
updated 24 hours a day from 3 international time zones: New York, Geneva,
and Kobe, and has a searchable database of over 150,000 UN documents, policy
studies and analyses, dating back to 1981. The site is used by government
agencies, international bodies, non-governmental organizations, research
institutions, the academic community, media and the general public in more
than 170 countries.
More than
20 million documents served on 20 complex emergencies and 1100 natural
disasters, from 700 information sources. The site receives up to
60,000 page requests per day, or 1,000,000 hits per week. Also available
is a financial tracking database for 21 complex emergencies, more than
1600 maps available in a searchable database, and a background section
with more than 7000 geographical and substantive links.
ReliefWeb
Operates with a staff of 6 in New York, 5 in Geneva and 2 in Kobe. The
project has a total budget of US$ 1.4 million
URL: http://www.reliefweb.int
Date posted: 12/27/2004
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