Department of Civil Affairs

Department of International Protection

3.6.b The Department of Civil Protection, through the Prevention and Protection Service, ensures follow up to the application of preventive measures and employs officers and other specialized staff for that purpose.

It includes subprogramme 1, International protection (Department of International Protection), and subprogramme 2, Assistance (Department of Operations).

Priorities for Department of International Protection promotion activities

Sakareli, Sofia, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

Tatsi, Eleni, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

Vendi, Stavroula, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

Distribution of responsibilities within the Department of International Protection

Katsivardakou, Theodora, Head, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

Social welfare, social protection of civil war victims, protection of families with children

The Department comprises the Protection Operations Support Section, Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section, Protection Capacity Section, Resettlement Section and Protection Information Section.

The Department of International Protection reports directly to the High Commissioner.

The Department of International Protection did not consolidate all annual protection reports, due to a lack of resources.

Under this Decree, the Department of Maternal and Child Health Protection and Family Planning was renamed Department of Reproductive Health.

FBiH Law on Bases of Social Protection of Families with Children and Protection of Civil Victims of War

3.6.a With respect to measures taken to ensure monitoring and follow up in respect of such products, the Department of Civil Protection is responsible for developing prevention and protection measures for the granting of permits for the production, storage and sale of explosives, pyrotechnical devices, chemicals and other hazardous materials.

This Law regulates the procedure and conditions for granting protection and assistance to witnesses, defines the measures for protection and envisages the establishment of Witness Protection Council, and a Witness Protection Department.

All sections of the Department of International Protection, the regional bureaux and even country offices produce daily protection related information and documents.

Hunan Provincial Environmental Protection Department Orders Yiyang Government to Improve Datong Lake's Water Quality

20.7 This subprogramme falls under the overall responsibility of the Department of International Protection.

The Protection Capacity Section is responsible for the promotion and dissemination of principles of refugee law and international protection (UNHCR briefing note on the Department of International Protection).

The Protection Capacity Section is responsible for the promotion and dissemination of principles of refugee law and international protection (UNHCR briefing note on the Department of International Protection).

The Witness Protection Department has started functioning within the Ministry of the Interior, as well.

Preparatory steps have been taken towards the formation of a KPC civil protection brigade (a priority) covering all core civil emergency functions.

The Department of International Protection reported that it was currently updating some key self study modules.

Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Protection of Civil Aviation from Illegal Interference.

The Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS), which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry, is the national security regulatory authority for the UK's civil nuclear industry.

It is equally important that chiefs of the civil military coordination branches at force headquarters complete the civil military coordination training as required by the revised policy of the Department.

This especially relates to women civil victims of war who are covered under this protection.

Some degree of protection was, however, provided in civil law under the law of contracts.

The Department for the Advancement and Integration of Women within the Civil Service has been active on a wide range of topics, all aimed at promoting women in the civil service.

The civil military coordination policy of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations was formulated in 2002 as binding for all missions.

According to the local civil affairs department, there are no casualties temporarily and details of disaster is still in statistical verification.

Although it has been a priority since the establishment of the Protection Information Section in 2002, the Department of International Protection has not developed a question and answer database.

The Department does not, however, have its own plan for protection assessment missions, and relies on the Inspector General's Office, but the latter may have priorities other than protection.

The mainstreaming of the six goals and related objectives of the Agenda for Protection during the reporting period reinforced links between the Office's Department of International Protection and UNHCR's operations.

However, within the Health Protection Institute of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka, a department for radio chemistry has started working.

Special programmes organized by the Department are often the result of partnerships with civil society, as well as with the United Nations system.

Initially, the Charter could be accessed through the civil protection authorities of countries that were members of the Charter.

It is also reported that the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong stipulates that airlines may decide whether to collect fuel surcharges from November.

Ms. Michele Markoff Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Department of State United States of America

Since 1999 the Department of International Protection has not formally updated its strategy for promoting accessions to the 1951 Convention, while situations have evolved. The risk is that the Department might not achieve the intended impact.

The Department of Safety and Security has reviewed the current United Nations close protection practices and procedures in the light of growing demands.

The Chief Minister also reported that discussions held with the Department for International Development focused on climate change, HIV AIDS and child protection.