Inter-Agency Standing Committee

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The Inter-Agency Standing Committee is a high-level humanitarian coordination forum that brings together UN and non-UN organizations to ensure coherent and effective international responses to major emergencies.

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instanceOf humanitarian coordination forum
inter-agency coordination mechanism
abbreviation IASC
adoptedGuidelines IASC Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action
IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
adoptedPolicy IASC Gender Policy
IASC Protection Policy
Transformative Agenda
chairedBy Emergency Relief Coordinator
composedOf Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement representatives
United Nations agencies
international non-governmental organizations
standing invitees such as the World Bank
coordinatesWith Humanitarian Coordinators
Humanitarian Country Teams
Resident Coordinators
establishedInYear 1991
fieldOfWork armed conflict humanitarian response
disaster response
foundedBy United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182
hasMember Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
InterAction
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Organization for Migration
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response
United Nations Children’s Fund
linked to: UNICEF

United Nations Development Programme
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
linked to: UNHCR

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations Population Fund
World Bank Group
World Food Programme
World Health Organization
hasSubsidiaryBody IASC Emergency Directors Group
IASC Results Groups
IASC Working Group
headquartersLocation Geneva
meetsAtLevel deputies
principals
officialLanguage English
parentOrganization United Nations system
purpose to advocate for humanitarian principles
to coordinate humanitarian assistance
to develop humanitarian policy
to ensure coherent and effective international responses to major emergencies
to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian response
sector humanitarian affairs
usesApproach cluster coordination approach
website https://interagencystandingcommittee.org

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 establishes Inter-Agency Standing Committee
International Council for Voluntary Agencies worksWith Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Emergency Relief Coordinator chairs Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Humanitarian Country Team linkedTo Inter‑Agency Standing Committee
linked to: Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Humanitarian Country Team guidedBy Inter‑Agency Standing Committee guidelines
linked to: Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Global Humanitarian Overview coordinatedBy Inter-Agency Standing Committee
SIC Interpretations precededBy IASC Standing Interpretations Committee
linked to: Inter-Agency Standing Committee
ICVA coordinatesWith Inter-Agency Standing Committee
United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanisms relatedTo Inter-Agency Standing Committee