International Council for Voluntary Agencies

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International Council of Voluntary Agencies
Conseil International des Agences Bénévoles
PredecessorThe Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations interested in Migration,
The International Committee for World Refugee Year,
The Standing Conference for Voluntary Agencies Working for Refugees.
Formation1962
HeadquartersGeneva
Executive Director
Dr Jamie Munn
Websitehttps://www.icvanetwork.org/

International Council for Voluntary Agencies is a

Nansen Refugee Award
in 1963.

Organisation

The International Council for Voluntary Agencies is based in Geneva and often known by its French name Conseil international des Agences bénévoles.[1]

History

The International Council for Voluntary Agencies a global network of not for profit organisations that work on refugee and forcible displacement issues.[2] It was founded in 1962 to succeed the Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations interested in Migration, the International Committee for World Refugee Year, and the Standing Conference for Voluntary Agencies Working for Refugees.[3] The work of the organisation, as of 1966, was directed by The Commission on Refugees and The Commission on Migration and The Commission on Social and Economic Development.[4]

The organisation was awarded the

Nansen Refugee Award in 1963; the award was accepted by Mr. C. Ritchie.[5] Thomas Getman was the Executive Director in 2006, Nan Buzard was the Executive Director in 2016, Ignacio Packer was the Executive Director in 2022.[6][1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Fiches dossier humanitaire, Conseil International des Agences Bénévoles (in French)
  2. ISBN 9781452217482
    , retrieved 2022-08-05
  3. ^ "ICVA-About ICVA". ICVA. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. doi:10.1017/S0020860400087933
    – via Cambridge University Press.
  5. ^ "Additif au Rapport du Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés, 1963 (English: Addendum to the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1963 A/5511/Rev.1/Add.1)". UNHCR (in French). 1 Jan 1964. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. ^ "Sommet humanitaire mondial : gagnants et perdants". The New Humanitarian (in French). 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2022-08-05.

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