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United Nations Reflection Paper

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Reflection Paper #1: United Nations Field: Humanitarian Assistance Issue: Epidemic Disease Ebola in West Africa The United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 following the Second World War to prevent another global war from happening. Nonetheless, the organization is more than just a global peacekeeper; out of its many other roles, the UN also offers/provides humanitarian assistances to those whose lives are threatened by natural and man-made disasters. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) was, therefore, formed in 1991 and placed under the UN Secretariat to coordinate responses to emergencies (OCHA , n.d.). OCHA manages its task through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), a primary mechanism for inter-agency coordination relating to humanitarian assistance. IASC has four main UN entities, including UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), as crucial aid …show more content…

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