UNRRA

or U.N.R.R.A.

[ uhn-ruh ]

1. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

Example Sentences

UNRRA’s Centralized Tracking Bureau was established to help trace survivors.

From Time

“UNRRA,” in Harrison’s opinion, “being neither sufficiently organized or equipped … has not been in position to make any substantial contribution to the situation.”

From Salon

UNRRA's biggest rehabilitation project was progressing at breakneck speed in China, where U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the meantime, clear language from Washington was needed to convince the world that a full-grown Truman Doctrine would be the U.S.'s constructive answer to the Communist Party, and not merely a hit-or-miss substitute for UNRRA.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indicative of this kind of personal coverage are these anecdotes from Chicago reporters James Bell, Serrell Hillman and Eleanor Steinert: Bell was in Omaha examining the Nebraska senatorial race when Chicago telephoned to pick up UNRRA's Fiorello LaGuardia in Fargo, N.Dak., before noon the next day.

From Time Magazine Archive