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UNITED NATIONS OCHA IN 2004 OCHAin 2004 OCHAin 2004 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES AND EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDING REQUIREMENTS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OF HUMANITARIAN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION UNITED NATIONS IN MEMORIAM In memory of our fallen colleagues who gave their lives while working for the ideals to which OCHA is dedicated. Ms. Leen Assad Al-Qadi Mr. Ranilo Buenaventura Mr. Reza Hosseini Mr. Ihssan Taha Husain Ms. Martha Teas Mr. Basim Mahmood Utaiwi Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OCHA in 2004 ACTIVITIES AND EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDING REQUIREMENTS UNITED NATIONS Editorial Team Prepared by OCHA staff and consultants under the guidance of Ed Tsui, Director OCHA, New York. OCHA wishes to acknowledge the outstanding contribution of its committed staff at Headquarters and in the field in the preparation of the narrative, financial and graphic components of the document. Managing Editor: Abdul Basit Haqqani, Consultant. Consultant Editors: Nancy Lucas Cathy Sabety Layout, cover, graphics and tables: Phoenix-Trykkeriet as, Denmark Maps: John Marinos, ReliefWeb, OCHA. Photographs: OCHA wishes to thank ReliefWeb, IRIN, IFRC, Tom Haskill (WFP), Evan Schneoder, Charles Higgins, Debbi Morello and Eskinder Debebe (UNDPI), David Snyder (Catholic Relief Services), Jenny Chu (International Medical Corps) and Brent Stirton for the photographs included in the document. Cover Picture: by David Snyder/CRS For additional information, please contact: Magda Ninaber van Eyben Donor Relations, Geneva United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Telephone: (41) 22 917 1864 E-mail: [email protected] Table of Contents Foreword OCHA Organigramme OCHA Field Presence Natural Disaster Coordination Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1. OCHA’s Vision for 2004 ................................................................................................................................. 6 2. Executive Management ............................................................................................................................... 10 Office of the Under Secretary General/Emergency Relief Coordinator; Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator; Director, New York; Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator/Director, Geneva .........................................................................10 Strengthening Donor Relations Capacity Project ............................................................................... 12 Executive and Administrative Offices ......................................................................................................... 14 Staff Development and Training Project ............................................................................................. 18 The Inter-Agency Standing Committee/Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs (IASC/ECHA) Secretariat ............................................................................................................................. 19 3. Emergency Response Coordination ......................................................................................................... 22 Humanitarian Emergency Branch ............................................................................................................... 22 Response Coordination Branch .................................................................................................................. 24 Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) Strengthening Project ............................................................. 26 Surge Capacity Project ....................................................................................................................... 28 Emergency Services Branch ........................................................................................................................ 30 Field Coordination and Support Services Project .............................................................................. 31 Military, Civil Defence and Logistics Support Project ........................................................................ 33 UNDAC Developing Countries Deployment and Training Project ..................................................... 34 Environmental Emergencies Services Project .................................................................................... 35 Internal Displacement Unit ......................................................................................................................... 37 4. Policy Development ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Policy Development and Studies Branch .................................................................................................... 40 Humanitarian Impact of Sanctions Project ........................................................................................ 42 Protection of Civilians Project ........................................................................................................... 43 Evaluation and Studies Project ........................................................................................................... 45 Gender Plan of Action Project ............................................................................................................ 47 5. Advocacy and External Relations .............................................................................................................. 48 Chernobyl Project .............................................................................................................................. 51 6. Information Management ........................................................................................................................... 52 Information and Communications Technology ........................................................................................... 53 Information Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 53 Early Warning and Contingency Planning .......................................................................................... 53 ReliefWeb Project ............................................................................................................................... 54 Field Information Support Project ..................................................................................................... 57 7. OCHA Coordination Activities in the Field .............................................................................................. 58 Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) ..................................................................................... 60 Africa and the Middle East .......................................................................................................................... 63 Angola ................................................................................................................................................. 64 Burundi ............................................................................................................................................... 66 Cote d'Ivoire ....................................................................................................................................... 68 Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................................................................................... 70 Eritrea ................................................................................................................................................. 72 Ethiopia .............................................................................................................................................. 74 Guinea ................................................................................................................................................ 76 Liberia ................................................................................................................................................. 78 Mozambique ....................................................................................................................................... 80 The occupied Palestinian territory ..................................................................................................... 82 Regional Support Office for Southern Africa ..................................................................................... 84 Regional Support Office for Central and Eastern Africa .................................................................... 86 Regional Support Office for West Africa ............................................................................................ 88 Sierra Leone ........................................................................................................................................ 90 Somalia ............................................................................................................................................... 92 Sudan .................................................................................................................................................