American Refugee Committee

American Refugee Committee Urges Congress, Presidential Candidates To Support UN Funding
13 Mar 00 | The American Refugee Committee (ARC) today urged Congress to ensure that the United States stands by its financial commitments to the United Nations at a time of mounting humanitarian crises. The Administration has requested $739 million for the ...

American Refugee Committee Continues Operations in Sudan
03 Mar 00 | ARC has decided to continue operating in southern Sudan after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association (SRRA), the humanitarian arm of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). ARC ...

The Domino Effect of Landmines
16 Dec 99 | On December 16, 1999, the US government participated in first annual conference of states parties to the amended Landmines Protocol of the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons. This landmine was also within the operational area of the American...

President's Report on Mission to Kosovo
14 Jul 99 | Equally, nobody expected such a large and spontaneous repatriation of refugees to Kosovo,which began on June 15. As of July 13, over 650,000 refugees have returned. ; The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ...

American Refugee Committee Expands Relief Efforts to Kosovo
15 Jun 99 | The American Refugee Committee (ARC), which has been providing humanitarian assistance to Kosovar refugees in Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro, will immediately expand its relief efforts into the war-torn province of Kosovo. According to ARC ...

President's Report on ARC
28 May 99 | ARC is providing emergency assistance to refugees in collective centers, which are usually public buildings like sports halls. In Albania, as in Macedonia and Montenegro, the majority of refugees and displaced persons are sheltered in host ...

ARC-Assistance to Albanian Refugees Fleeing Kosovo
05 May 99 | While television crews focus on refugees in camps, ARC is focusing on the vast majority of the displaced who have taken refuge in the homes of ethnic Albanians living in Macedonia. The ARC Macedonia program centers around preventive care for ...