Humanitarian aid of the European Union and United Nations: actions, responsibilities, and finances

• Authors: Aleksandra Harat , Michał Chojnacki , Krzysztof Leksowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The main purpose of the article is to analyze humanitarian aid provided by the European Union and the United Nations. The research includes a review of existing documents, reports, and studies on world humanitarian assistance. The main issues and findings analyzed in this study are the evolution of the humanitarian assistance provided by the European Union and the United Nations and the role of the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office – ECHO and the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - OCHA – as units responsible for organization and financial issues. On the basis of the history and key events, the finances, and significant projects in the field of humanitarian aid implemented by the EU and the UN are presented. Finally, the authors attempt to assess the effectiveness of assistance.

Keywords

EN

European Union; Humanitarian Aid; UN; ECHO; OCHA

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 29
• Pages: 65-73

Dates

published

2015-09-01

received

2014-01-15

revised

2014-06-02

accepted

2015-05-22

online

2015-07-27

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Harat

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Department of Public Health, Sandomierska Street 16, 85-830 Bydgoszcz, Poland; phone [phone]

author

Michał Chojnacki

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Health Sciences, Master Student of Public Health, Member of Students Scientific Group International Health’s Problems and Preventive Medicine

author

Krzysztof Leksowski

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Department of Public Health, Sandomierska Street 16, 85-830 Bydgoszcz, Poland; phone [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bog-2015-0025