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UNRWA operations, as of 1 January 2017 UNRWA staff member comforts a distressed child at a school shelter in Nuseirat camp, Gaza Strip. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [a] (UNRWA, pronounced / ˈ ʌ n r ə / UN-rə) [b] is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees.
The term Cajun Navy had earlier, unrelated jovial origins before it evolved into its current usage. The earliest documented use of the term occurred in 1964 when outgoing governor Jimmie Davis received "a commission as a commodore in the Cajun Navy plus a four-star pirogue for his personal use" as a going-away gift by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. [3]
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
On December 23, 2011, the House and Senate passed H.R. 3765, also called the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, and President Obama signed it the same day. The bill's effect was to extend lower payroll tax rates past December 31, 2011, when they would have expired. [7]
CARE is a signatory to the following standards of humanitarian intervention: the Code of Conduct for The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, [45] the Sphere standards, [46] and the Core Humanitarian Standard [47] As well, CARE is a member of a number of networks aiming to improve the quality and ...
Achieve’s Care Fund is a company-wide resource for employees to contribute money or PTO for fellow workers in need. In 2023, the company’s employees donated more than $150,000 to the fund. [ 6 ]
Customer Protection and End User Relief Act; Long title: To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end users manage risks to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes.
A prayer for relief, in the law of civil procedure, is a portion of a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks from the court. For example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, an injunction to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or all of these.