Crisis Prevention and Recovery

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"We resolve therefore:

  • To take concerted action to end illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons (...).
  • To call on all States to consider acceding to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction, as well as the amended mines protocol to the Convention on Conventional Weapons. (...).
  • To expand and strengthen the protection of civilians in complex emergencies, in conformity with international humanitarian law. (...)"

Extract from the United Nations Millennium Summit Declaration (September 2000).

 

Key statistics

  • The year 2000 marks 55 years without a conflict between the world's major Powers, the longest such period in the history of the modern system of States.
  • The year 2000 also marks the end of a decade in which civil wars, ethnic cleansing and actions of genocide - fuelled by weapons widely available in the global arms bazaar - claimed more than 5 million lives, many or most of them civilians.
  • Almost one third of all countries in the world have experienced violent conflict in the past ten years.
  • In 1998, natural disasters - floods, droughts and earthquakes - killed more than 50,000 people and caused economic losses exceeding USD 90 billion, exceeding the disaster costs for the entire 1980s.
  • More than 90 % of all disaster victims live in developing countries.

 

Key links

  • UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery website

    The Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery is UNDP's in-house mechanism set up to provide a quicker and more effective response in UNDP's Country Offices in Countries in Special Development Situations through the provision of facilitation and guidance services.
    An important corporate document on "the role of UNDP in crisis and post-conflict situations" can be downloaded here.


  • UNDP Crisis Prevention and Recovery Practice Workspace (intranet)

    The CPR Workspace is the one-stop-shop for all CPR related issues within UNDP. Through this Workspace BCPR strive to contribute to the further mainstreaming of conflict prevention into UNDP programs and activities, not only in crisis countries but in as many countries as possible.


  • ReliefWeb website

    ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Its purpose is to serve the information needs of the humanitarian relief community and it offers a most comprehensive set of information (by country, type of emergency, financial support, etc.), as well as all key links in this domain.


  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Online

    OCHA coordinates the United Nations assistance in humanitarian crises and works with all actors (governments, NGOs, UN agencies) to ensure that there is a coherent framework within which everyone can contribute promptly and effectively to the overall effort.


  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website

    UNHCR is mandated to lead and coordinate international action for the worldwide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugees problems.


  • UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

    The objective of the ISDR is to enable all societies to become resilient to the effects of natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters, in order to reduce human, economic and social losses


  • United Nations Mine Action (E-Mine) website

    E-Mine is a project from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and is a gateway to UN and non-UN agencies/programmes dealing with landmines-related issues.


  • Drylands Development Centre (formerly UNSO) website

    DDC is part of UNDP and responsible for promoting sound dry land management and development as well as drought preparedness and mitigation. As such, DDC works in the overall framework of UNDP's sustainable human development mandate and focuses on improving people's livelihoods particularly in the world's dry lands.


  • United Nations website on Peace and Security

    Gateway to all UN activities on Peace and Security issues.


  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) website

    IFRC is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. It comprises 176 member Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, a Secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world.


  • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) website

    The task of SIPRI is to conduct research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stable peace.

 

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