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Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) acts as a news agency focusing on humanitarian stories in regions that are often forgotten, under-reported, misunderstood or ignored. As of 1 January 2015 IRIN is independent of the UN. The main purpose of this former project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to create greater awareness and understanding of regional issues and events, and to contribute to better-informed and more effective humanitarian action, media coverage and advocacy. It is widely used by the humanitarian aid community, academics and others who simply want to know what's happening in the world that doesn’t always make the headlines. Editorial independence ensures impartial coverage, analysis and sourcing in news-rich Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East, providing a fresh perspective on the tapestry of people and events in these regions of the globe. Every IRIN article carries a disclaimer that it may not reflect the views of the UN. == Origin and development == IRIN came into being in 1995 after the Great Lakes refugee crisis resulting from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide overwhelmed the existing information management systems set up by the humanitarian aid community. With its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya,〔(irinnews.org )〕 it now covers 82 countries, including Papua New Guinea〔(irinnews.org )〕 since 2008, for more than a million readers. IRIN has regional news desks in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Dakar, Dubai and Bangkok, with liaison offices in New York and Geneva. The agency is managed by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.〔Europa Publications Limited. ''Africa South of the Sahara 2004.'' Routledge. p. 1035〕 Its aim is to "strengthen universal access to timely, strategic, and non-partisan information so as to enhance the capacity of humanitarian community to understand, respond to, and avert emergencies."〔Day, Peter; Schuler, Douglas (2004). ''Community practice in the network society: local action/global interaction.'' Routledge. p. 33.〕 The main language is English, with a smaller number of articles available in French, Arabic, Portuguese, Swahili and Dari.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IRIN」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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