Describes the humanitarian relief efforts of the United Nations from providing food, health care, and education when lives have been disrupted, to addressing the needs of children, and assisting refugees in conflict zones.
UNICEF is a very important international organization. Around the world this agency's volunteers and staff are working to provide children with access to medical treatment and education.
The Salvation Army is a very important international organization. Around the world this agency's volunteers and staff are working to provide food, clothing and support to the needy.
This book discusses the Red Cross humanitarian organization. The organization provides disaster relief to people with food, drugs, and medical supplies.
This book discusses the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian organization. The organization provides people living in impoverished nations with food, drugs, and medical treatment.
Examines the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of nearly five hundred thousand Tutsis and challenges the claims that UN peacekeepers could have prevented the killing had they not withdrawn.
global responses to internal wars and crimes against humanity
Marchak, M. Patricia
2008
A critical assessment of international interventions and criminal prosecutions for crimes against humanity, featuring case studies of the situations in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia and Serbia in a search for answers about how to rebuild societies after wars.