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Guide to Nongovernmental Organizations for the Military

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IOM International Organization <strong>for</strong> Migration<br />

IQC indefinite quantity contract<br />

IRC International Rescue Committee<br />

IRIN Integrated Regional In<strong>for</strong>mation Network<br />

IRT international relief teams<br />

IWG interagency working group<br />

JFC joint <strong>for</strong>ce commander<br />

JLOC joint logistics operations center<br />

JTF-CM joint task <strong>for</strong>ce-consequence management<br />

KAP knowledge, attitudes, and practice<br />

LEMA local emergency management authority<br />

LNO liaison officer<br />

LOC logistics operations center<br />

LWR Lu<strong>the</strong>ran World Relief<br />

MCDA military civil defense assets<br />

MCDU <strong>Military</strong> Civil Defense Unit of OCHA<br />

MCI Mercy Corps International<br />

MDM Medicins du Monde (Doc<strong>to</strong>rs of <strong>the</strong> World)<br />

MOOTW military operations o<strong>the</strong>r than war<br />

MOU memorandum of understanding<br />

MPDL Movement <strong>for</strong> Peace, Disarmament and Freedom<br />

MSF Medicins sans Frontieres (Doc<strong>to</strong>rs without Borders)<br />

NATO North American Treaty Organization<br />

NERS national emergency relief services<br />

NGO nongovernmental organization<br />

NRC Norwegian Refugee Council<br />

OASD Office of <strong>the</strong> Assistant Secretary of Defense<br />

OCHA UN Office <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs<br />

OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control<br />

OFDA USAID BHR Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance<br />

OSOCC on-site operations coordination center<br />

PAHO Pan American Health Organization<br />

PDD Presidential Decision Directive<br />

PHR Physicians <strong>for</strong> Human Rights<br />

PK/HA Peacekeeping/Humanitarian Assistance<br />

PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (U.S. Department of State)<br />

PVO private voluntary organizations<br />

RCB Relief Coordination Branch<br />

RI Relief International or Refugees International (noted in text)<br />

SAR search and rescue<br />

SCF Save <strong>the</strong> Children Fund<br />

SCHR Steering Committee <strong>for</strong> Humanitarian Response<br />

A <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> NGOs <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Military</strong> 10

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