UN II - WHO, IOM, UNHCR Flashcards
eamarked funding
already allocated budget for expected revenues/expenditures
1951 convention relating to the status of refugees
defined refugee as a term
obligations of the government
accepted non-refoulment
what’s non-refoulment
can’t force a return of a refugee
what are the predecessors of UNHCR?
international refuge organization (iro), UN relief and rehabilitation administration (UNRRA)
2018 Global Compact on Refugees (UNGA)
ease up pressure to host countries, better access
IOM activities
migration managment
- managing checkpoints
- visa organization
- repartriation and voluntary return
- training of governmental staff (border control)
important point about IOM
focuses on migrants, not refugees
is hired by governments
UNHCR activities
refugee assistance: physical and legal support
- registration
- emergency support
- shelter
- ressetlement
- education
- support for internally displaced persons (IDPs)
biggest engines of mass migration (3)
syria, venezuela, myanmar
what was the 1951 conventions initial aim?
European refugees after WW2
what’s the difference between IOM and UNHCR?
IOM assists governments and works in a bilateral fashion, UNHCR focuses more on refugees- IDPs and their individual needs
asylum seeker
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
earlier cooperations on global health governance
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
how is the WHO decentralized?
it has 6 regional offices
WHO- conventions example
framework convention on tabocco control
1951 international sanitary regulations and 1969 international health regulations require what?
reporting by states of outbreaks of infectious diseases
which global health crises did WHO deal with?
- 2003 sars
- 2014 ebola
- covid
2003 sars
travel restrictions, reformed international health regulations
PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern)
when an extraordinary event constitutes a public health risk to other states, we need a coordinated international response.
2014 ebola
new emergencies program: global emergency workforce; pandemic influenza preparedness framework
covid
balancing act between acquiring epidemological info through WHO mission and inforcing PHEIC
what does WHO do in a crisis? (3)
- provides personal protective equipmemt
- issues guidelines for disease managment
- pooling info on clinical trials
reform aspects of WHO
- budget
- oversight
- enforcement
main actors in global health governance
national health ministries, who, wto, unicef, informal organizations (g7, g20)
structure of WHO
world health assembly, executive board (34) director general and secretariat
example of rule-making; reccomendations and non-binding standards
air quality guideline
