"International Responses to Traumatic Stress" asks pertinent questions as the United Nations observes its 50th Anniversary. It focuses on the effects of traumatic stress which accompany personal and collective disasters. In an overcrowded world, recent catastrophes, natural as well as man-made, have left a wake of tormented people, ranging from political prisoners to humiliated UN peace-keepers. Table of Contents
FOREWORD by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Yael Danieli, Nigel S. Rodley, and Lars Weisaeth CHAPTER 1. CRIMINAL ACTIVITY Victims of Crime The Contribution of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Eduardo Vetere and Irene Melup CHAPTER 2. CRIMINAL ACTIVITY Victims of Crime: Justice, Support and Public Safety The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations Irvin Waller CHAPTER 3. VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS United Nations Action from the Victim's Perspective The Contribution of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights andthe High Commissioner for Human Rights Elsa Stamatopoulou CHAPTER 4. VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS Traumatic Stress and the Role of NGOs The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations James Welsh CHAPTER 5. FORCED DISPLACEMENT Refugee Trauma—Protection and Assistance The Contribution of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mary Petevi CHAPTER 6. FORCED DISPLACEMENT Non-Governmental Efforts in the Psychological Care of Traumatized Peoples The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations Robert DeMartino and Ulrike von Buchwald CHAPTER 7. ARMED CONFLICTS AND ANALOGOUS DISTURBANCES How Visits by the ICRC Help Prisoners Cope with the Effects of Traumatic Stress The Contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross Pascal Daudin and Hernán Reyes CHAPTER 8. ARMED CONFLICTS Soldiers for Peace: Ordeals and Stress The Contribution of the United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces Bjorn Egge, Mauritz S. Mortensen, and Lars Weisaeth CHAPTER 9. NATURAL DISASTERS AND COMPLEX EMERGENCIES Prompt International Response The Contribution of the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs Phillippe L. Boullé CHAPTER 10. NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER ACCIDENTS Provisions of Psychological Support The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations Jean Pierre Revel CHAPTER 11. TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN Healing the Invisible Wounds of Children in War: A Rights Approach The Contribution of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Dita Reichenberg and Sara Friedman CHAPTER 12. TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN Helping Child Victims of Violence The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations Nancy Dubrow, Norberto I. Liwski, Carlos Palacios, and Meg Gardinier CHAPTER 13. TRAUMATIZED WOMEN Overcoming Victimization through Equality and Non-Discrimination The Contribution of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Christine Ainetter Brautigam CHAPTER 14. TRAUMATIZED WOMEN Dealing with Violence against Women The Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations Rosalind W. Harris CHAPTER 15. HEALTH ACTIVITIES ACROSS TRAUMATIZED POPULATIONS WHO's Roles Regarding Traumatic Stress The Contribution of the World Health Organization (WHO) John Orley CHAPTER 16. HEALTH ACTIVITIES ACROSS TRAUMATIZED POPULATIONS Emotional Responses of International Humanitarian Aid Workers The Contribution on Non-Governmental Organizations Barbara Smith, Inger Agger, Yael Danieli, and Lars Weisaeth CHAPTER 17. ISSUES OF IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION Roger Clark and Daniel Nsereko CONCLUSION Yael Danieli and Lars Weisaeth CONTRIBUTORS INDEX About the Editors Dr. Yael Danieli is a clinical psychologist in private practice, a victimologist, traumatologist, and the Director of the Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children, which she co-founded in 1975 in the New York City area. | 
