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Annex 2 The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) works with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to co-ordinate emergency response and development activities. The IFRC works closely with agencies in the UN system and others to provide emergency assistance while maintaining its operational, financial and political independence. Emergency activities are centred in a Disaster Response and Operations Co-ordination Division in the Secretariat in Geneva. IFRC maintains a system of Emergency Response Units that are structured combinations of equipment, trained personnel and management structures. The IFRC has taken the lead in developing and promoting a voluntary Code of Conduct among NGOs. The Code of Conduct can be found on the World Wide Web at (http://www.ifrc.org/pubs/code/#code) the following are the principal points of the code: Principles of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Response Programmes 1. The humanitarian imperative comes first. 2. Aid is given regardless of the race, creed or nationality of the recipients and without adverse distinction of any kind. Aid priorities are calculated on the basis of need alone. 3. Aid will not be used to further a particular political or religious standpoint. 4. We shall endeavor not to act as instruments of government foreign policy. 5. We shall respect culture and custom. 6. We shall attempt to build disaster response on local capacities. 7. Ways shall be found to involve programme beneficiaries in the management of relief aid. 8. Relief aid must strive to reduce future vulnerabilities to disaster as well as meeting basic needs. 9. We hold ourselves accountable to both those we seek to assist and those from whom we accept resources. 10. In our information, publicity and advertising activities, we shall recognise disaster victims as dignified humans, not hopeless objects. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is an inter-governmental body that was created to ensure humane and orderly migration of persons in need of migration assistance. In emergencies, IOM covers a range of activities such as arranging transport, evacuations and returns and providing health care and temporary shelter. IOM may work with UNHCR in the repatriation of refugees. The following information is on the World Wide Web at (http://www.iom.int/iom/ Mandate_and_Structure/entry.htm). Humanitarian Migration Humanitarian migration programmes provide migration assistance to persons fleeing conflict situations, to refugees being resettled in third countries or repatriated, to stranded individuals and unsuccessful asylum seekers returning home, to internally and externally displaced persons, to other persons compelled to leave their homelands, to individuals seeking to reunite with other members of their families and to migrants involved in regular migration. IOM provides these individuals with secure, reliable, cost-effective services including: counseling, document processing, medical examination, transportation, language training and cultural orientation and integration assistance. Such services may be provided singly or in combination depending on the activity, programme, or needs of the individual. EP 04 103
EP 04 104 Managing External Relations Humanitarian migration activities also include the provision of emergency assistance to persons affected by conflict and post-conflict situations. IOM has participated in virtually every emergency involving large scale movement of people since it was founded in 1951. IOM offers its services to vulnerable populations in need of evacuation, resettlement or return. While such services are often urgent and vital in the initial phases of an emergency, they may become even more relevant during the critical transition from emergency humanitarian relief, through a period of rehabilitation, to longer-term reconstruction and development efforts. In recent years, the international community has also come to look to IOM increasingly to assist in the return home and reintegration of demobilized soldiers or police officials.
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