Towards A United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Programme for Disaster Response And Reduction: Lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

Author(s)
Inomata, T.
Publication language
English
Pages
55pp
Date published
01 Jan 2006
Type
Lessons papers
Keywords
Coordination, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters, Tsunamis, Forced displacement and migration
Organisations
United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

Objectives: To strengthen the capacity of the United Nations system to coordinate and support humanitarian assistance for disaster reduction and response through: Integration of programme, resource management and coordination, and streamlining and standardization of operational, administrative and financial practices related to disaster reduction and response.