Research Guides: HIST 395: Famines in History: International Government Organizations

International Government Organizations

Various international government organizations are also responsible for responding to outbreaks of famine and trying to mitigate their impacts. They also produce voluminous amounts of information resources on these events and the international response to them. Examples include:

European Union Development & Cooperation
European Union information on eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development.
International Organization for Migration
United Nations organization of 174 members promoting humane and orderly migration.
Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
United Nations organization leading international efforts to defeat hunger and provide hiqh quality food internationally.
United Nations Official Document System
Provides access to documents produced by multiple UN organizational entities.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality and help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF, in full originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
World Food Programme (WFP)
The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization focused on hunger and food security, and the largest provider of school meals.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization and the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.