8. The international relief system
PUBLIC AND
CORPORATE
DONORS
INTERNATIONAL
NGOs
DONOR COUNTRY
GOVT. AGENCIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
DONORS
LOCAL
NGOs
AFFECTED POPULATION AND VICTIMS
UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
UN Office for the Co-ordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA)
UN Disaster Assistance Team (UNDAC)
International SAR Advisory Group (INSARAG)
UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Other UN Agencies
RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS
International SAR teams
Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs)
RED CROSS-RED CRESCENT
International Committee of the RC (ICRC)
International Federation of RC Socs. (IFRC)
National societies - donor countries
National societies - recipient countries
9. UN Resident Co-ordinator (UN-RC)
UN Humanitarian Aid Co-ordinator (UN-HC)
Emergency Relief Co-ordinator (UN-ERC)
(Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs)
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (UN-IASC)
[UN Humanitarian Agencies; UNHCR,
Red Cross, World Bank, various NGOs]
Civil-Military Humanitarian Co-ordinator (UN-CMCoord)
Department of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-DHA)
Office for the Co-ordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA)
In the assisted country
10. Humanitarian assistance
• direct: distribution of materials and
services directly to the beneficiaries
• indirect: e.g. transport of
relief personnel and supplies
• infrastructure support:
general services such as road
repairs, air traffic control,
electricity generation.
13. UK Armed Forces
Military Assistance
to civil authorities
Military Aid
to other
Government
Departments
(MAGD)
Work of
national
importance
(e.g. during
strikes)
Military Aid
to the Civil
Power (MACP)
Maintenance
of public
safety and
security;
Counter-
terrorism
activities
Military
Aid to
the Civil
Community
(MACC)
Search &
rescue;
Logistics;
Disaster
response
Civil
defence
Military
operations
The British model of military assistance
14. Aceh (Indonesia)
Afghanistan
Africa meridionale
Angola
Burundi
Cecenia
Colombia
Corea del Nord
Eritrea e Ethiopia
Grandi Laghi Africani
Haiti
Il Caucaso
Iraq
Kenya
Kosovo e i Balcani
Liberia
Pakistan settentrionale
Palestina e Israele
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sri Lanka
il Sudan
Timor Orientale
Uganda
'Complex emergencies': situations of
political, economic and military collapse
and damage to the fabric of society
15. Complex emergency:
"a humanitarian crisis in
a country, region or
society where there is a
notable lack of government
as a result of internal or
external conflict, which
to be adequately resolved
needs more resources than
those provided by any
single UN programme."
16. • social and economic disruption
• military instability and
the need for stabilisation
• recurrent natural disasters
• persistent poverty and inequality.
Complex emergencies
are distinguished by:-