Working together in emergencies
Author: Marie McGrath SCN News
Resource type: Article
SCN News 2007: 37-42
Available online at: www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/SCNNews/scnnews34.pdf
Outlines the background and work of the IFE Core Group and highlights issues.
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