ReliefWeb at a Glance

ReliefWeb at a Glance

ReliefWeb is the world’s premier electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters – designed specifically to help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies
Launched in October 1996 to serve the needs of the international relief community and entrenched by GA resolution 51/194 on 10 February 1997
Cornerstone of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs information dissemination mechanism
Site updated 24 hours a day from 3 international time zones: New York, Geneva, and Kobe
Searchable database of over 150,000 UN documents, policy studies and analyses, dating back to 1981
Used by government agencies, international bodies, non-governmental organizations, research institutions, the academic community, media and the general public in more than 170 countries
More than 20 million documents served on 20 complex emergencies and 1100 natural disasters, from 700 information sources
The site receives up to 60,000 page requests per day, or 1,000,000 hits per week. Total hits topped 100 million in 2001
Financial tracking database for 21 complex emergencies
More than 1600 maps available in a searchable database
Background section with more than 7000 geographical and substantive links
Operates with a staff of 6 in New York, 5 in Geneva and 2 in Kobe. The project has a total budget of US$ 1.4 million