Collecting money at a global level. The UN fundraising campaign for the 1956 Hungarian refugees
The present study examines the role that the UN played in providing the financial means for the international reception of the 1956 Hungarian refugees. According to the author’s conclusions, through the coordination of moneyraising efforts, authorised by international law (that is, by the UN Gene...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Eastern Journal of European Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2014_0502_KEC.pdf |
| Summary: | The present study examines the role that the UN played in providing the
financial means for the international reception of the 1956 Hungarian refugees.
According to the author’s conclusions, through the coordination of moneyraising
efforts, authorised by international law (that is, by the UN General
Assembly’s decisions) and the professional and trustworthy documentation of
humanitarian needs and activities, the institutional network of the UN
contributed considerably to the formation and practical implementation of
Western governments’ international humanitarian action aimed at solving the
crisis of the 1956 Hungarian refugees. This study is based on documents in the
UN archives (New York, Geneva), the Swedish National Library (Stockholm),
the UNHCR Archives, the Archives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross, (Geneva) and the NATO Archives (Brussels), and in the Diplomatic
Archives Center (La Courneuve, Nantes), Diplomatic Archive (Brussels) and the
Hungarian National Archives (Budapest).
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| ISSN: | 2068-651X 2068-6633 |