Basics of International Humanitarian Response

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Session 1.1.
UNHCR eCentre
Basics of International Humanitarian Response
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Flight Confirmation
Now where is my PT-8?
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Hotel or Room Issues
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Food Breaks

• Meals Breaks
• Room Service Mini-bar

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Dress

• Comfortable
• Casual
• Simulation Day
• Field Exercise

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Time
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Calls from the Office

• Especially cell phones and beepers!

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Sorry
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Introductions

• First find your partnerthen
• Name, position, country
• Total years of experience with refugees, IDPs or
  emergencies
• Chief objective for this workshop
• Something interesting about the person that is
  not obvious to the group

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• General Objectives
• Explain, discuss role mandate of UNHCR - and of
  the international emergency system in mass
  displacement emergencies
• Describe fundamental aspects of refugee
  protection
• Describe essential aspects of managing mass
  displacement emergencies
• Discuss policies and practices of managing
  technical aspects of international emergency
  operations

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Workshop Materials
Regional Centre for Emergency
Training in International
Humanitarian Response
Asia
Pacific
Republic of Korea 20 29 May,
2002
eCentre
UNHCR
and
InterWorks
Workshop Guide
Basics of International
Humanitarian Response
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Country Team Presentations

• Today, after lunch 10 minutes on
• Current status of refugee, IDP programmes
  numbers, origin, location, assistance programme,
  critical issues
• Previous or current major emergency responses in
  (or involving) your country
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• Tomorrow morning 5 minutes on
• Likely emergency scenario(s) if any in next 6-12
  months that may require international
  intervention
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