UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION


Meaning of UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION in English

Administrative body (1943–47) for an extensive social-welfare program for war-ravaged nations.

It distributed relief supplies and services, including shelter, food, and medicine, and helped with agricultural and economic rehabilitation. Its functions were later taken over by the International Refugee Organization , the World Health Organization , and UNICEF .

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