Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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United Nations office humanitarian coordination body

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	12
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs canonical	5
OCHA	4
UN OCHA	3
UNOCHA	2
Centre for Humanitarian Data	1
Department of Humanitarian Affairs	1
OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data	1
OCHA country office	1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Geneva offices)	1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)	1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan	1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field offices	1
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field presences in the Middle East	1
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in South Sudan	1
United Nations humanitarian operations	1
United Nations humanitarian system	1
United Nations relief operations	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Context triple: [United Nations Secretariat, hasPart, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]

A. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
B. UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
D. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
E. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Target entity description: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.

A. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
B. UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
D. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
E. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations office ⓘ humanitarian coordination body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ surface form: UN OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ surface form: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
coordinatesWith	International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ surface form: Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement United Nations agencies ⓘ affected states ⓘ donor governments ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
fieldPresence	country offices ⓘ humanitarian advisory teams ⓘ regional offices ⓘ
focusesOn	armed conflicts ⓘ complex emergencies ⓘ natural disasters ⓘ
foundedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility	advocacy for people affected by crises ⓘ coordination of international humanitarian response ⓘ emergency response coordination ⓘ management of humanitarian information ⓘ mobilization of humanitarian funding ⓘ policy development in humanitarian affairs ⓘ
headedBy	Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ New York City ⓘ
inception	1998 ⓘ
legalForm	UN Secretariat department-level office ⓘ
manages	Central Emergency Response Fund ⓘ Country-Based Pooled Funds ⓘ
mandatedBy	United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
oversees	United Nations humanitarian coordination system ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
predecessor	Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of Humanitarian Affairs
shortName	Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OCHA
usesMechanism	cluster coordination approach ⓘ
usesTool	Financial Tracking Service ⓘ Humanitarian Data Exchange ⓘ Humanitarian Needs Overview ⓘ Humanitarian Response Plan ⓘ ReliefWeb ⓘ
website	https://www.unocha.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Secretariat → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

United Nations system → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → shortName → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OCHA

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → predecessor → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Humanitarian Affairs

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → alsoKnownAs → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN OCHA

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → alsoKnownAs → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Division of Regional Operations → hasDomain → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations humanitarian operations

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID) → cooperatesWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Secretariat → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Secretariat

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations → mayHead → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

United Nations missions in the Middle East → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field presences in the Middle East

UNON → hostsOrganization → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field offices

United Nations country teams in Central Africa → includes → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Central Emergency Response Fund → administeredBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Central Emergency Response Fund → administeredBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OCHA

Central Emergency Response Fund → partOf → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations humanitarian system

Central Emergency Response Fund → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN OCHA

Country-Based Pooled Funds → managedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Country-Based Pooled Funds → managedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OCHA

Country-Based Pooled Funds → monitoredBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OCHA country office

Humanitarian Response Plan → coordinatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Humanitarian Response Plan → coordinatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN OCHA

ReliefWeb → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ReliefWeb → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNOCHA

Financial Tracking Service → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Financial Tracking Service → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNOCHA

Financial Tracking Service → maintainedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data

Humanitarian Data Exchange → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Humanitarian Data Exchange → operatedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OCHA

Humanitarian Data Exchange → maintainedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Centre for Humanitarian Data

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency → worksWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

International Council for Voluntary Agencies → worksWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Humanitarian Coordination Liaison → mayCoordinateWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

UNOG → hostsBody → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Geneva offices)

1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → internationalResponse → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations relief operations

United Nations departments → hasExample → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

Department of Global Communications → coordinatesWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

Somalian famine of 2011 → relatedOrganization → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

United Nations country team in South Sudan → includes → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in South Sudan

United Nations country team in Sudan → collaboratesWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan

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