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Annex 2
UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In co-ordination with
United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique faculties
for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those
who provide their care.
UNICEF is non-partisan and its co-operation is free of discrimination. In everything it
does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority.
UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women
and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social, and economic
development of their communities.
UNICEF works with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human
development goals adopted by the world community and the realization of the vision
of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
World Food Programme (WFP), headquartered in Rome, plays the central role in co-ordinating and
delivering food assistance in emergencies. At the start of the emergency, WFP establishes information
systems to collect, analyse and disseminate food aid data to keep all involved agencies informed.
WFP delivers food at extended delivery points, as close as possible to the final destination, where
distribution is carried out by collaborating agencies including UNHCR and NGOs. (WFP and UNHCR
have a memorandum of understanding regarding provision of food aid as a function of the size of
the emergency population.) Protracted refugee or displaced person operations (PROs/PDPOs) are
established in cases where food aid continues to be required one year after an emergency erupts.
The following is on the World Wide Web at (http://www.wfp.org/info/POLICY/Mission.html)
WFP Mission Statement
WFP is the food aid arm of the United Nations system. Food aid is one of many instruments
that can help to promote food security, which is defined as access of all people at
all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. The policies governing the use
of World Food Programme food aid must be oriented towards the objective of eradicating
hunger and poverty. The ultimate objective of food aid should be the elimination of
the need for food aid.
Targeted interventions are needed to help improve the lives of the poorest people—
people who, either permanently or during crisis periods, are unable to produce enough
food or do not have the resources to otherwise obtain the food that they and their
households require for active and healthy lives. (Note: the full mission statement
continues in more detail from this point.)
World Health Organisation (WHO) is the lead agency within the UN system for health-related
aspects of emergencies and advises other partners on co-ordination in this field. The WHO division of
Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA) is responsible for health co-ordination in emergencies
and seeks to strengthen national capacities of Member States to reduce the effects of disasters.
WHO provides expert advice on epidemiological surveillance, control of communicable diseases,
public health information and health emergency training. WHO maintains a global reserve to serve
priority medical needs and has an extensive roster of medical experts and collaborating institutions.
The following is on the World Wide Web at (http://www.who.int/aboutwho/en/mission.htm)
WHO Mission Statement
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
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