name: Norwegian Refugee Council
text: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has worked for displaced persons since 1946. NRC is a private foundation, and one of the largest humanitarian organizations in Norway. NRC has specialized in international activities for refugees and displaced persons.
  
  NRC executes projects in over 20 countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe. Protection is the cornerstone in all its efforts aimed at refugees and internally displaced persons, and is a reoccurring theme in all of NRC's activities.
  
  In 1991, NRC established the world's first emergency preparedness force, NORSTAFF, for the UN system. NORSTAFF consists of 300 women and men, ready on 72-hours' notice to be deployed anywhere in the world to assist in emergency operations. At any given time, approximately 100 persons are out on deployments. Later, the NORDEM and NORAFRIC rosters were established.
  
  NRC wants to be a forceful advocate for the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons, internationally as well as in Norway. Advocacy is an integrated part of their program activities.
  
  http://www.nrc.no/