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Select a category:
- 1.1 Disaster
- 1.2 Emergency
- 1.3 Relief
- 1.4 Relief goods/Relief supplies
- 1.5 Equipment
- 1.6 Humanitarian assistance
- 1.7 Response/Disaster response
- 1.8 Relief providers
- 1.9 Preparedness
- 2.1.1 Governments of affected/requesting states
- 2.1.2 Governments of assisting/offering states
- 2.1.3 Governments of transit states
- 2.2.1 UN
- 2.2.2.1 Regional
- 2.2.2.2 Global
- 2.2.3 ICRC
- 2.2.4 IFRC
- 2.2.5 International NGO
- 2.2.6 Foreign/trans-national private companies
- 2.3.1 National NGOs
- 2.3.2 Civil society & local community
- 2.3.3 Domestic private companies
- 2.3.4 Individuals
- 2.3.5 National Societies
- 3.1.1.1.1 Global
- 3.1.1.1.2 Regional
- 3.1.1.2 Bilateral
- 3.1.1.3 Status agreements
- 3.1.1.4 Treaties with/between IOs
- 3.1.2.1 MOUs
- 3.1.2.2 LOUs/Exchange of letters or notes
- 3.1.3.1 UN
- 3.1.3.2 Red Cross/Red Crescent
- 3.1.3.3 Other global
- 3.1.3.4 Regional
- 3.1.4.1 Global
- 3.1.4.2 Regional
- 3.1.5 International judicial/arbitral decisions
- 3.1.6.1 Official communications (e.g. diplomatic letters, press statements)
- 3.1.6.2 Standards, guidelines, compilations, restatements, principles, model rules
- 3.1.6.3 Monitoring body opinions
- 3.1.6.4 UN and international conference reports and documents
- 3.2.1 Constitutions
- 3.2.2.1 Disaster-specific
- 3.2.3 Bills/draft laws or regulations
- 3.2.4 Executive orders
- 3.2.5 Judicial decisions
- 3.2.6.1 Disaster-specific
- 3.2.7.1 Disaster-specific
- 4.1.1 Land
- 4.1.2 Sea/waterway
- 4.1.3 Air
- 4.1.4 Borderlands
- 5.1 All disasters (except armed conflict)
- 5.10 Armed conflict/generalized violence
- 5.2 All natural disasters
- 5.3.1 Floods
- 5.3.2 Tsunamis
- 5.3.3 Drought
- 5.3.4 Storms/hurricanes
- 5.3.5 Extreme heat/cold
- 5.4.1 Earthquakes
- 5.4.2 Landslides
- 5.4.3 Volcanoes
- 5.5 Epidemics
- 5.6 Famine
- 5.7 Fire
- 5.8.1 Nuclear/radiological/biochemical
- 5.8.2 Oil spills
- 5.8.3 Hazardous material spills
- 5.9 Transport
- 6.1 Preparedness
- 6.2 Emergency response
- 6.3 Relief
- 6.4 Rehabilitation
- 6.5 Reconstruction/Development
- 7.1.1 Cross-border information sharing
- 7.10 Disasters and terrorism
- 7.11.1 Food/nutrition
- 7.11.2 Water and sanitation
- 7.11.3 Health
- 7.11.4 Protection/security
- 7.11.5 Shelter
- 7.11.6 Environment
- 7.11.7 Emergency telecommunications
- 7.11.8 Population management
- 7.2.1 Needs assessment
- 7.2.2 Requests for assistance
- 7.2.3 Offers of assistance
- 7.2.4 Standing agreements
- 7.3.1.1.1 Manifests
- 7.3.1.2.1 Authorization of national airlines to provide free or reduced-price transportation
- 7.3.1.3 State of origin
- 7.3.1.4.1.1 Overflight rights
- 7.3.1.4.2 Land
- 7.3.1.4.3 Sea/Waterways
- 7.3.1.5.1 Movement restrictions
- 7.3.1.5.2.1 Overflight rights
- 7.3.1.5.2.2 Landing rights
- 7.3.1.5.2.3 Landing tax, tolls and charges
- 7.3.1.5.2.4 Helicopter access
- 7.3.1.5.2.5 Use of military airports
- 7.3.1.5.3.1 Vehicle registration
- 7.3.1.5.3.2 Tolls
- 7.3.1.5.3.3 Rail
- 7.3.1.5.4.1 Docking/mooring
- 7.3.1.5.4.2 Taxes, tolls and charges
- 7.3.1.6 Insurance
- 7.3.2.1.1 Entry visa, permit, certificate
- 7.3.2.1.10 Physical security
- 7.3.2.1.11 Residence permission
- 7.3.2.1.2 Vaccination
- 7.3.2.1.3 Work permits
- 7.3.2.1.4 Income taxation
- 7.3.2.1.5 Civil/Criminal liability
- 7.3.2.1.6 Personal effects (incl. inviolability of and taxes on personal items)
- 7.3.2.1.7 Professional qualifications
- 7.3.2.1.8 Drivers' licences
- 7.3.2.1.9 Insurance (medical, life, motor vehicle)
- 7.3.2.2.1 Contract issues/employment conditions
- 7.3.2.2.2 Volunteers
- 7.3.2.2.3 Insurance (medical, life, motor vehicle)
- 7.3.3.1.1 All
- 7.3.3.1.2 Food
- 7.3.3.1.3 Water
- 7.3.3.1.4 Non-food items
- 7.3.3.1.5 Medications/drugs
- 7.3.3.1.6 Shelter
- 7.3.3.2.1 All
- 7.3.3.2.2 Vehicles
- 7.3.3.2.3 Telecommunications
- 7.3.3.2.4 Sniffer dogs
- 7.3.3.2.5 Sanitation
- 7.3.3.2.6 Electronic
- 7.3.3.2.7 Medical
- 7.3.3.3.1 Export restrictions
- 7.3.3.3.2 Export duties
- 7.3.3.4.1 Transit duties/taxes
- 7.3.3.4.2 Customs
- 7.3.3.5.1.1 Procurement and tendering
- 7.3.3.5.1.2.1 Health (quarantine)
- 7.3.3.5.1.2.2 Security
- 7.3.3.5.1.2.3 Drug-contraband/narcotics
- 7.3.3.5.1.2.4 Document requirements
- 7.3.3.5.1.3 Customs duties
- 7.3.3.5.1.4 Re-export/local sale
- 7.3.3.5.2.1 Procurement and tendering
- 7.3.3.5.2.2 VAT and other taxation
- 7.3.3.5.3 Warehousing
- 7.3.3.5.4 Insurance
- 7.3.4.1 Use of telecommunications
- 7.3.4.2 Use of radio/radio frequencies
- 7.3.4.3 Internet access and restrictions
- 7.3.4.4 Satellite imaging/use
- 7.3.4.5 Broadcasting
- 7.3.4.6 Mail/couriers (incl. pouches)
- 7.3.4.7 Taxes and charges on communications
- 7.3.4.8 Monitoring/censorship
- 7.3.5.1 Leasing
- 7.3.5.3 Site Selection/restrictions on land use
- 7.3.5.4.1 Hospitals, health care units
- 7.3.5.4.2 Sites for operations
- 7.3.5.4.3 Accommodation of relief personnel
- 7.3.5.4.4 Discounted or free fuel, water or electricity
- 7.3.5.5 Inviolability of premises
- 7.3.5.6 Insurance
- 7.3.6.1.1 Governmental
- 7.3.6.1.2 Corporate
- 7.3.6.1.3 Private
- 7.3.6.2.1 Apportionment
- 7.3.6.2.2 Procurement
- 7.3.6.2.3 Storage
- 7.3.6.2.4 Transportation
- 7.3.6.2.5 Shipment
- 7.3.6.3 Bank accounts
- 7.3.6.4 Exchange rates
- 7.4.1 Complementarity of international response
- 7.4.2 Adequacy of relief goods
- 7.4.3 Use of assistance for designated purpose
- 7.4.4 Cultural appropriateness
- 7.4.5 Durability of reduction of vulnerability
- 7.4.6 Effect on local markets
- 7.4.7 Effect on local capacities
- 7.5.1.1 Status recognition/legal personality
- 7.5.2.1 Created by international responders
- 7.5.2.2 Suffered by international responders
- 7.5.3 Dispute settlement mechanisms
- 7.5.4.1 Self-regulation
- 7.5.4.2 Accountability to donors
- 7.5.4.3.1 Consultation/participation
- 7.5.5 Accountability of receiving state
- 7.5.6 Accountability of donors
- 7.5.7 Transparency/anti-corruption/reporting requirements
- 7.6.1.1 Between affected governments and international responders
- 7.6.1.2 Between international responders
- 7.6.1.3 Between international and local responders
- 7.6.2.1.1 Military
- 7.6.2.1.2 Social service agencies
- 7.6.2.1.3 Civil protection
- 7.6.2.2 Local NGOs and civil society
- 7.6.2.3.1 Military
- 7.6.2.3.2 Humanitarian
- 7.6.2.4 Secondment of staff
- 7.6.3.1 National
- 7.6.3.2 Regional
- 7.6.3.3 Universal
- 7.7 Training and technical advice
- 7.8.1.1 Right to humanitarian/rehabilitation assistance
- 7.8.1.2 Principle of non-discrimination
- 7.8.2.1 Children
- 7.8.2.2 Women
- 7.8.2.3.1.1 Displacement by disaster
- 7.8.2.3.1.2 Transfer by authorities to avoid/mitigate disaster
- 7.8.2.3.2 Refugees
- 7.8.2.3.3 Disaster refugees
- 7.8.2.4.1 Documented
- 7.8.2.4.2 Undocumented
- 7.8.2.5 Minorities
- 7.8.2.6 Indigenous peoples
- 7.8.2.7 Elderly
- 7.8.2.8 Disabled
- 7.8.2.9 People with infectious and/or chronic diseases (incl. HIV/AIDS)
- 7.8.3.1 Humanity
- 7.8.3.2 Impartiality
- 7.8.3.3 Neutrality
- 7.8.3.4 Independence/autonomy of humanitarian actors
- 7.9 Disasters in the context of armed conflict


 

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