Centre for Safety and Development
http://www.centreforsafety.org
Centre for Safety and Development is an independent non-governmental organisation which contributes to the safety of aid-workers sent abroad. The CSD aims to create safe working-conditions for workers sent abroad by means of training-sessions, advice, and expertise, thus helping others bring about a better and safer world.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
http://www.internal-displacement.org/
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide.

Going International
http://www.going-international.at
This 300 page catalogue compiled in both German and English is an ideal career guide in the fields of medicine and public health, offering information on approximately 2500 master programmes, workshops, courses and conferences offered by more than 700 internationally renowned universities and organisers.

Hague Appeal for Peace
http://www.haguepeace.org/
The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century has emerged from an intensive democratic process of consultation among the members of the Hague Appeal for Peace Organizing and Coordinating Committees, and the hundreds of organizations and individuals that have actively participated in the Hague Appeal process.

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

InterAction
http://interaction.org
InterAction is a diverse coalition of more than 165 US-based relief, development, environmental and refugee agencies working in more than 100 countries around the world.

International Medical Corps
http://www.imcworldwide.org
International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide where few organizations dare to serve.

Relief Web
http://www.reliefweb.int/
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

United Nations Children's Fund
http://www.unicef.org/
For more than 53 years UNICEF has been helping governments, communities and families make the world a better place for children. Part of the United Nations system, UNICEF has an enviable mandate and mission, to advocate for children's rights and help meet their needs.

United Nations
http://www.un.org/
The name "United Nations" was devised by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.

United Nations Department of PeaceKeeping Operations
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/home_bottom.htm
Peacekeeping was pioneered and developed by the UN as one of the means for maintaining international peace and security. Most UN peacekeepers, often referred to as "blue helmets", have been soldiers, volunteered by their Governments to apply military discipline and training to the task of restoring and maintaining the peace.

United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Programme of Correspondence Instruction in
Peacekeeping Operations (UNITAR POCI)
http://www.unitarpoci.org
UNITAR POCI provides students of all nations with self-paced distance training to prepare them to serve on peacekeeping missions.

Veterinary Medical Assistance Team
http://www.vmat.org
VMAT teams are made up of highly trained veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and other support staff, who can be deployed to assist state or local governments in the event of a disaster when the local veterinary community is overburdened. Providing emergency care and treatment to ill or injured animals after the event of a disaster, is the major role of VMAT.

World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org
WFP is the frontline United Nations Agency whose mission is to provide: Food for LIFE to sustain victims of man-made and natural disasters; Food for GROWTH to improve the nutrition and quality of life of the most vulnerable people at critical times in their lives; and Food for WORK to help build assets and promote the self-reliance of poor people and communities, particularly through labour-intensive works programmes.

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Asia Pacific Area Network
http://www.apan-info.net
APANs mission is to communicate and share information electronically to facilitate regional understanding, build confidence among Asia-Pacific neighbors, and enhance security cooperation. This conference will bring together practicing and academic attorneys, government officials, judges, emergency managers and medical personnel to examine these issues and begin to work toward solutions.

Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies
http://www.apcss.org
The Asia-Pacific Center is a regional study, conference, and research center with a non-warfighting mission to enhance cooperation and build relationships through mutual understanding and study of comprehensive security issues among military and civilian representatives of the United States and other Asia-Pacific nations.

The Center for Disaster Management
and Humanitarian Assistance
http://www.cdmha.org/
The Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CDMHA) was founded in 1998 as a partnership between the University of South Florida and Tulane University.

Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.

Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute
http://www.dmrti.army.mil/
The mission of the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute (DMRTI) is to coordinate, evaluate and develop Joint Medical Readiness Training initiatives with a focus on evolving doctrine and joint operational requirements.

Marine Forces Pacific
http://www.mfp.usmc.mil/
MARFORPAC is the largest field command in the U.S. Marine Corps. Forward deployed forces both ashore and afloat, and forces stationed in the United States are led by the Force Commander.

Multinational Forces Standing Operating Procedures Collaboration Site
http://www.mnfsop.com/
This collaboration site is designed to faciliate the ongoing development and refinement of the MNF SOP and is sponsored by the Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT) Program.

Pacific Air Forces
http://www.pacaf.af.mil/

United States Army Pacific
http://www.usarpac.army.mil/
At the present time, some 1,224 USARPAC soldiers and Department of the Army civilians are engaged in 22 nations, while participating in 27 missions and operations throughout the Asia-Pacific Theater, the United States, and other Nations.

United States Pacific Command
http://www.pacom.mil
The U.S. Pacific Command was established as a unified command on January 1, 1947 as an outgrowth of the command structure used during World War II. The command is the oldest and largest of the United States' nine unified commands.

Commander, United States Pacific Fleet
http://www.cpf.navy.mil
The mission of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, is to support the U.S. Pacific Command's theater strategy, and to provide interoperable, trained and combat-ready naval forces to USPACOM and other U.S. unified commanders.

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
http://www.adpc.net/
ADPC is a regional resource center working towards disaster reduction for safer communities and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1986, the Center is recognized as an important neutral focal point in Asia and the Pacific for promoting disaster awareness and the development of local capabilities to foster institutionalized disaster management and mitigation policies.

Asian Disaster Reduction Center
http://www.adrc.or.jp/top.asp
The Asian Disaster Reduction Center has been established in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, to facilitate exchange of disaster reduction experts from each country and concerned bodies, accumulate and provide disaster reduction information, and carry out research into multinational disaster reduction cooperation as the focus of this initiative.

Disaster Relief Agencies and Nongovernment Organizations involved in Disaster Relief
http://www.disastercenter.com/agency.htm

Emergency Management Australia (EMA)
http://www.ema.gov.au/
Primary responsibility for the protection of life and property in Australia as a consequence of natural, technological and human caused disasters rests with state and territory governments.

Natural Hazards Center - University of Colorado
http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards/
The Natural Hazards Center is a national and international clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters. The Natural Hazards Center carries out its mission in four principal areas: information dissemination, an annual workshop, research, and library services.

Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)
http://www.pdc.org/
The Pacific Disaster Center is a federal information processing facility that supports emergency managers in the Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions.

Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org/
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.

Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID*)
http://www.crid.desastres.net/crid/ing/index_ing.html
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.

Aid Workers Network
http://www.aidworkers.net
Aid Workers Network links relief and development field staff to share support, ideas and best practice. This web site is being developed by a team of experienced aid workers to provide a comprehensive resource for busy field workers needing practical advice and proven resources to help with their current work.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.

Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI)
http://www.humanitarian.net/
To bridge unmet needs to untapped resources via the contribution of professional time, talents, manpower, inkind and financial donations.

Humanitarianism and War Project
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hw/
The Humanitarianism and War Project was an independent policy research initiative based at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies in Providence, Rhode Island, and is now part of the Feinstein International Famine Center at the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Overseas Development Institute
http://www.odi.org.uk/
ODI is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.