UN II - WHO, IOM, UNHCR

Question 1

eamarked funding

Answer 1

already allocated budget for expected revenues/expenditures

Question 2

1951 convention relating to the status of refugees

Answer 2

defined refugee as a term
obligations of the government
accepted non-refoulment

Question 3

what’s non-refoulment

Answer 3

can’t force a return of a refugee

Question 4

what are the predecessors of UNHCR?

Answer 4

international refuge organization (iro), UN relief and rehabilitation administration (UNRRA)

Question 5

2018 Global Compact on Refugees (UNGA)

Answer 5

ease up pressure to host countries, better access

Question 6

IOM activities

Answer 6

migration managment

• managing checkpoints
• visa organization
• repartriation and voluntary return
• training of governmental staff (border control)

Question 7

important point about IOM

Answer 7

focuses on migrants, not refugees

is hired by governments

Question 8

UNHCR activities

Answer 8

refugee assistance: physical and legal support

• registration
• emergency support
• shelter
• ressetlement
• education
• support for internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Question 9

biggest engines of mass migration (3)

Answer 9

syria, venezuela, myanmar

Question 10

what was the 1951 conventions initial aim?

Answer 10

European refugees after WW2

Question 11

what’s the difference between IOM and UNHCR?

Answer 11

IOM assists governments and works in a bilateral fashion, UNHCR focuses more on refugees- IDPs and their individual needs

Question 12

asylum seeker

Answer 12

people in the asylum process- the host government claims that they haven’t processed if they’re refugees under the meaning of the convention
- these people live without formal governance from any state and without social systems for employment, education or public services

Question 13

earlier cooperations on global health governance

Answer 13

1) 1851 international sanitary conference in paris
2) 1907 rome agreement office of public hygeine (experts, not diplomats)
3) . 1920 Health organization of the league of nations

Question 14

how is the WHO decentralized?

Answer 14

it has 6 regional offices

Question 15

WHO- conventions example

Answer 15

framework convention on tabocco control

Question 16

1951 international sanitary regulations and 1969 international health regulations require what?

Answer 16

reporting by states of outbreaks of infectious diseases

Question 17

which global health crises did WHO deal with?

Answer 17

1. 2003 sars
2. 2014 ebola
3. covid

Question 18

2003 sars

Answer 18

travel restrictions, reformed international health regulations

Question 19

PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern)

Answer 19

when an extraordinary event constitutes a public health risk to other states, we need a coordinated international response.

Question 20

2014 ebola

Answer 20

new emergencies program: global emergency workforce; pandemic influenza preparedness framework

Question 21

covid

Answer 21

balancing act between acquiring epidemological info through WHO mission and inforcing PHEIC

Question 22

what does WHO do in a crisis? (3)

Answer 22

1. provides personal protective equipmemt
2. issues guidelines for disease managment
3. pooling info on clinical trials

Question 23

reform aspects of WHO

Answer 23

1. budget
2. oversight
3. enforcement

Question 24

main actors in global health governance

Answer 24

national health ministries, who, wto, unicef, informal organizations (g7, g20)

Question 25

structure of WHO

Answer 25

world health assembly, executive board (34) director general and secretariat

Question 26

example of rule-making; reccomendations and non-binding standards

Answer 26

air quality guideline