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Humanitarian civil-military coordination remains central to OCHA’s mandate to safeguard and expand humanitarian access and protection outcomes. In a rapidly evolving landscape, continuous learning,...

In the past decades operational environments have emerged in which humanitarian organisations deliver assistance and implement activities under previously unseen conditions. The traditional...

DISCLAIMER The following document serves to provide general answers to frequently asked questions around alternatives to the use of armed escorts. This document does not replace existing guidance on...

What is UN-CMCoord? Humanitarian organizations, State security forces and non-State armed groups (NSAGs) increasingly operate in the same space across all humanitarian emergencies, from natural...

I. Introduction This Guidance Note will focus on actions that the OCHA Civil-Military Coordination (CMCoord or UN-CMCoord) Officers and Focal Points can take, in contributing to protection outcomes...

Ce guide opérationnel complémente les directives spécifiques au contexte, là où elles existent, et considère les leçons observées au courant de l’épidémie de SARS en 2002-2003 et de l’épidémie...

Esta Guía Operativa complementa las guías específicas en el contexto donde han sido adoptadas y toma en cuenta las lecciones observadas en la respuesta al Ébola en 2014, y otras respuestas cuyo...

In the multi-faceted and evolving nature of humanitarian civil-military coordination (UN-CMCoord or CMCoord), humanitarian-military dialogue at all levels remains the sine qua non of effective...

Purpose of the Recommended Practices for Effective Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination of Foreign Military Assets (FMA) in Natural and Man-Made Disasters: These Recommended Practices for...

Directives et références civiles-militaires pour les situations d’urgence complexes est le premier recueil d’instruments humanitaires essentiels conçu par l’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) et le...

The Discussion Paper and Non-Binding Guidelines on the “Use of Military or Armed Escorts for Humanitarian Convoys” were originally endorsed by members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on...

The principle of ’last resort’ has often been misunderstood. The ‘Oslo Guidelines’ , ‘MCDA Guidelines’ and the ‘IASC Reference Paper’ describe ‘last resort’ as a situation when: a specific capability...

What is United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination? When an emergency or natural disaster creates humanitarian needs, many countries will deploy their militaries or paramilitary...

CIVIL-MILITARY GUIDELINES & REFERENCE FOR COMPLEX EMERGENCIES' is the first collection of core humanitarian instruments developed by the United Nations (UN) and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee...

The United Nations Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) Officer Field Handbook has been elaborated around the core chapters of Transportation and Logistics; Security, Safety and Medical Services...

The “Oslo Guidelines” were originally prepared over a period of two years beginning in 1992. They were the result of a collaborative effort that culminated in an international conference in Oslo,...

The "Oslo Guidelines" were originally prepared over a period of two years beginning in 1992. They were the result of a collaborative effort that culminated in an international conference in Oslo,...

This set of guidelines provides advice and guidance to humanitarian practitioners on how to prepare for and conduct humanitarian negotiations with non-state armed groups. It summarizes the essential...

This manual provides a much-needed structured approach to humanitarian negotiations in a clear and user-friendly manner by providing some tools aimed at assisting in reaching agreement on how best to...

Principes directeurs Les principes directeurs d’impartialité, de neutralité et d’indépendance à l’égard de toutes considérations politiques sont les mêmes que ceux qui régissent l’action...