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World Disasters Report 1997 A generation ago, most international disaster assistance went from government to government, sometimes via the United Nations. Not so today. Most end-point providers of international assistance are independent, private, not-for-profit, non-governmental agencies. These NGOs - whose changing role is a key theme of the World Disasters Report 1997 - are like firemen, hoping there will be no fire, but knowing that their survival depends on having fires to put out. |