Iraq War and the Aftermath Donna Scheeder, Congressional Research Service
Wednesday, May 7th
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Iraq: Reconstruction and Humanitarian Aid
U.N. Agencies
Office of the Iraq Programme Oil-for-Food
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/ Oil-for-Food is a unique program, established by the U.N. Security
Council as a temporary measure to provide for the humanitarian needs of the
Iraqi people.
Mine
Action Programme for Northern Iraq
http://www.unops.org/textimageflash/default.asp?pmode=3&pno=142
The U.N. Mine Action Services program in Northern Iraq was established
in 1997 to locate and remove mines and resolve mine related problems such as
raising public awareness, providing medical, rehabilitation and vocational services
to mine victims.
UNICEF
Programs in South and Central Iraq
http://www.unicef.org/noteworthy/iraq/
UNICEF (U.N. Children's Fund) http://www.unicef.org/ is an
advocate for the protection of children's rights and is tasked to help children
living in poverty, reduce childhood death and illness in developing countries,
and to protect children in the midst of war and natural disasters.
U.N.
Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq
http://www.iq.undp.org/ UNDP http://www.undp.org/ is the U.N.'s
global development network that helps countries build
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Background
Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Iraq at
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd/+8wwBmeiSJ69wwwwnwwwwwwwxFqwqFqwmFqwnFqwhFqwtFqnfGw3rFqwoFqwzFqwAFqqejhrmFmmDFqm7y-dFqt2IygZf3zmtwwwwwww/rsddocview.pdf
ReliefWeb Iraq
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/Iraq?OpenDocument&StartKey=Iraq&Expandview
This page contains the latest major documents and background information pertaining
to Iraq.
ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
This a project
of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),
and serves the information needs of the humanitarian community.
U.S. Government Agencies
Agency
for International Development (USAID)
Assistance for Iraq
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/
USAID is an independent federal government agency responsible for providing
economic and humanitarian assistance around the globe. Information is provided
on all USAID assistance programs by country and region.
The Department
of Commerce.
The Iraq Reconstruction
Task Force assists companies and individuals seeking comprehensive information
on securing contracts to reconstruct Iraq.
The
Department of Defense Information in mission, goals and progress to date in Iraq. http://www.defendamerica.mil/
The
Department of Energy
The Energy Information Administration's Iraq Page. contains Data Forecasts and
analysis re energy production and output. http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/iraq.html
The
Department of State
The Department of State is the principal international communications service
for the State Department and the foreign affairs community.
See Iraq Update for latest news, including U.S. plans on humanitarian assistance
and fact sheets concerning Iraq. http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/
U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/iraq/iraq.htm
The Army Corps
of Engineers provides information on contract activities to reconstruct
the immediate infrastructure including water, electricity
oil and communications.
Major International and Nongovernmental Organizations
This is a very selective list.
Doctors without Borders (known in French as M閐ecins Sans Fronti鑢es
or MSF)
Iraq
Update: Humanitarian Needs in Iraq.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/iraq.shtm
Human
Rights Watch (HRW)
http://www.hrw.org/ HRW is an NGO dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around
the world.
Background on War in Iraq
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/iraq/
HRW World Report 2003--Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan.
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/mideast4.html
Maps
The CNN Web site offers maps on suspected Iraq biological, chemical, and nuclear
facilities, potential bases for coalition operations, and general maps on Iraq.
Maps include the following:
"U.S. Military Deployment"
http://www.cnn.com/Specials/2002/iraq/deployment.map
"Potential bases for coalition operations"
ReliefWeb
The ReliefWeb site is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and offers information and maps on areas of the
world requiring humanitarian relief. Maps of Iraq located on this Web site,
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/map.nsf/Country?OpenForm&Query=SA_Iraq,
include "Iraq Airfields," "Oil-for-Food in Iraq," "General Map of Iraq," "ICRC
Water and Sanitation Programme--Iraq 1999-2000," and other maps of general interest.
Who's
Who
BBC News
Who's Who in Post -Saddam Iraq provides background on the major groups and
individuals vying for power . http://news.bbc.co.ul/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/posr_saddam_iraq/html/default.stm
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