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Welcome to the IASC

/Some%20of%20the%20displaced%20children%20attend%20this%20school%20in%20Ouahigouya.%20Credit%3A%20OCHA/Cynthia%20Viveros%20Cano — “Short window of opportunity to scale up response in Burkina Faso”

Chair of the IASC Emergency Directors Group, Rheena Ghelani, describes her mission to the country with one of the fastest-growing displacement crises in the world.

11 February 2020

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A photo from the IASC briefing, Mr. Toby Lanzer DSRSG, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan briefing colleagues around the table

15 January 2020

"9.4m people are in need in 2020, compared to 6.5m last year."- Mr. Toby Lanzer DSRSG, RC and HC for Afghanistan: briefing IASC members

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23 December 2019

Executive Heads of the IASC Addressing key issues to system-wide importance for humanitarian action

A photo of Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory briefing and Wendy Cue, Senior Humanitarian Coordinator, Inter-Agency Standing Committee chairing the meeting. Background banner of the IASC.

19 December 2019

"People can't live a normal life - not even close to it", Jamie McGoldrick, HC for oPt, briefing IASC Members in Geneva on Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

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28 November 2019

Summary Record, IASC Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) meeting, 7-8 November 2019

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Working for results

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Operational Response

Meeting the needs of those affected by disasters, together: maximising timeliness, transparency and cost effectiveness.

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Accountability and Inclusion

Making humanitarian action work for everyone: proactively eradicating abuse and systematically including feedback and representation.

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Collective Advocacy

One voice for those in need: maximising the influence and credibility of targeted, informed and collective leadership.

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Humanitarian-Development Collaboration

Working towards long-term solutions: strengthening long-term impact, while safeguarding humanitarian space and principles.

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Humanitarian Financing

Working for resources, making resources work: addressing specific gaps with transparent, collective funding supported by sound evidence.

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