In 1943, in Atlantic City, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) adopts a Resolution Relating to the Scope of the Activities of the Administration, which defines the role of military and civilian authorities in providing assistance to the countries devastated by the Second World War.

On 18 September 1944, Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of New York and Director-General of the Central Committee of UNRRA, presents the first activities report drawn up by UNRRA, the organisation for aid, mutual assistance and supplies in the United Nations.

On 18 September 1944, in Montreal, the British Representative to UNRRA, Richard Law, comments on the first activities report drawn up by UNRRA, the organisation for aid, mutual assistance and supplies in the United Nations.

On 18 September 1944, at the presentation of the first activities report drawn up by UNRRA, Dean Acheson, American Representative of the State Department, emphasises the importance of future UNRRA missions and recalls the urgent nature of the actual situation.

In November 1944, US General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), and Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of the State of New York and Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), sign an agreement detailing the relations between and activities of their respective services regarding the organisation of relief supplies and mutual aid in the liberated European countries.

In March 1945, the American Herbert H. Lehman, first Director-General of the UNRRA Central Committee, publishes his report on the establishment of UNRRA structures in Europe.

On 10 January 1945, following the harsh winter of 1944–1945, the Standing Technical Subcommittee on Welfare for Europe adopts a resolution calling on the UNRRA authorities to dispatch emergency aid to the liberated countries in Europe.

On 31 January 1945, Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of the State of New York and Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), clarifies UNRRA’s missions in Europe and lists the main beneficiaries of emergency aid.

On 26 February 1945, Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of the State of New York and Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), holds a press conference in Washington during which he explains to the journalists present the nature of the activities carried out in Europe by UNRRA.

On 22 March 1945, in Washington, Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of the State of New York and Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), inspects the cargo of blankets, food, clothes and medical supplies on its way to liberated Poland and Czechoslovakia.

In this press release, Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of the State of New York and first Director-General of the Central Committee of UNRRA, describes the action taken by UNRRA in Europe and underlines the importance of the collective responsibility of European governments in ensuring that the operations are a success.

On 17 September 1945, US President Harry S. Truman gives an address at the White House on the United States Aid Program to help those European countries occupied during the Second World War and liberated by the Allies.

On 13 November 1945, US President Harry Truman makes a statement to Congress in which he emphasises the importance of the aid missions carried out by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in countries affected by the Second World War and reaffirms the United States’ financial and material contribution to the organisation.

In January 1946, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) organises the sending of food products to the countries devastated by the Second World War. This photo, taken in Belgium, shows the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary distributing food to children from the parcels supplied by UNRRA.

In January 1946, as Europe lies in ruins, British cartoonist David Low illustrates the difficult and monumental task facing the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: that of providing aid to the countries devastated by the Second World War.

This booklet, published in 1946, outlines in 50 points the role and operation of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), an Allied organisation entrusted with the task of coordinating the aid granted to the countries devastated by the Second World War.

On 15 February 1947, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) publishes a brochure outlining the importance and nature of its aid efforts for the countries affected by the Second World War.

In June 1947, UNRRA gives figures and details on the nature of the aid allocated to the countries in the northern and eastern hemispheres.