UNICEF Core Corporate Commitments in Emergencies

This report offers guidelines on how to ensure an effective response to the needs of children and women affected by unstable situations, through mutually reinforcing actions in the areas of humanitarian policy, global advocacy and humanitarian response.

In addition, the report addresses issue of humanitarian response through a set of "Core Corporate Commitments", in which capacities to forecast and respond to crises and/or unstable situations are mainstreamed into the programming and operational approach of UNICEF at country, regional
and global levels.

Drawing upon diverse experiences of UNICEF in recent crises, the report is a follow-up to document E/ICEF/1997/7 on Children and women in emergencies: Strategic priorities and operational concerns for UNICEF.