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You can find here the names and roles of useful people within the IASC community. For contact details, or to be connected with the best person to answer your query, send your enquiry to the IASC secretariat.

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General Enquiries

If you've got a question about the IASC or one of its subsidiary bodies, the IASC secretariat are more than happy to get it to the right place. General enquiries should be directed to iasccorrespondence@un.org, or pick up the phone and speak to us on +41 22 917 1438.

If your question is about the website itself or you've discovered a website issue, please send an email to IASCweb@un.org. 

The IASC secretariat

The IASC secretariat’s primary purpose is to support the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) by ensuring that IASC decisions are acted upon and implementation is on track. Don't hesitate to get in touch with any of us, and we'll endeavor to get you to the right place. You can find the locations of the IASC secretariat New York and Geneva offices here, however please note that they are not accessible to the public except by arrangement.

Team in Geneva
Mervat Shelbaya, Head, IASC secretariat
Ms. Mervat Shelbaya
Head
IASC secretariat
Mr. Peter Ekayu
Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Wendy Cue
Ms. Wendy Cue
Focal Point for IASC Champion
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Ms. Tanja Schuemer
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Ms. Isabelle de Muyser-Boucher
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Mr. Farhad Movahed
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Ms.Christina Valderrama Maya-Alfirev
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Mr. Yasin Samatar
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Ms. Mirlinda Pasoma
Programme Assistant and Website Manager
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Ms. Christina Powell
Associate Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Geneva
Team in New York
Mr. Ali Gokpinar
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
IASC secretariat
Ms. Liberty Nanjego
Staff Assistant
IASC secretariat
New York
IASC Agency Focal Points

Each IASC member agency appoints a focal point to coordinate ongoing activities at the IASC and its Operational Policy and Advocacy Group and other subsidiary bodies, as well as their respective agencies' follow up to IASC decisions and developments. If you work for an IASC Member Agency, your focal point will be your person to go to for updates from the IASC and how your agency is engaging.

IASC Focal Points
Ms. Dervla Cleary
Team Leader, Strategic Positioning
FAO
Rome
Ms. Avigail Shai
Diplomatic Adviser UN Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy Division
ICRC
Geneva
Mr. Jeremy Wellard
Head of Humanitarian Coordination
ICVA
Geneva
Ms. Victoria Stodart
Senior Officer, Inter Agency Coordination Policy and Diplomacy Unit; Policy, Strategy and Knowledge Department
IFRC
Geneva
Ms. Priscilla Yoon
Program Manager
InterAction
Washington
Ms. Angela Staiger
Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor, Department of Operations and Emergencies
IOM
Geneva
Ms. Sofie Karlsson
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Under-Secretary-General
OCHA
New York
Ms. Emilya Cermak
Coordinator of the Humanitarian Action Unit/ERS
OHCHR
Mr. Gotzon Onandia
Human Rights Officer
Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs
Geneva
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Mr. Gareth Price-Jones
Executive Secretary
SCHR
Geneva
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Ms. Rachel Scott
Co-Chair / Senior Partnership and Policy Advisor, Crisis and Fragility Policy and Engagement
UNDP
Mr. Ingo Piegeler
Humanitarian Coordination Advisor
UNFPA
Geneva
Ms. Christine Knudsen
Director of External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation & Director of Emergencies
UN HABITAT
Nirobi
Ms. Annika Sandlund
Chief, Inter-Agency Coordination, Partnership and Coordination Service, Division of External Relations
UNHCR
Geneva
Mr. Luc Chauvin
Chief, Inter Agency and Humanitarian Partnerships, Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS)
UNICEF
Geneva
Mr. Giancarlo Cirri
Country Director and Representative
WFP
Mr. Kevin Babila Ousman
Technical Officer (Inter-Agency/IASC)
WHO
Ms. Sheila Kulubya
External Affairs Officer
World Bank
Geneva
IASC Results Group co-Chairs

Technical experts from the IASC members come together in Results Groups to tackle policy challenges under the IASC Strategic Priorities. You can get in touch with the co-Chairs for specific questions about their Results-Group or your agency Focal Point to learn how your organisation is contributing. Submit a general enquiry to the IASC secretariat to request contact details.

Results Group 1: Operational Response
Rein Paulsen, Director, Coordination Division a.i., OCHA
Mr. Rein Paulsen
Director, Coordination Division a.i.
OCHA
Mr. Julien Schopp
Director, Humanitarian Practice
InterAction
Results Group 2: Accountability and Inclusion
Ms. Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth
Deputy Director, Division of International Protection
UNHCR
Ms. Meritxell Relano
Director, Office of Emergency Operations, Geneva
UNICEF
Results Group 3: Collective Advocacy
Mr. Michel Anglade
Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office
Save the Children
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Ms. Shoko Arakaki
Director, Humanitarian Office
UNFPA
Geneva
Results Group 4: Humanitarian-Development Collaboration
Photo of Ms. Rachel Scott, Co-Chair of RG 4 and Senior Partnership and Policy Advisor, Crisis and Fragility Policy and Engagement at the UNDP
Ms. Rachel Scott
Co-Chair / Senior Partnership and Policy Advisor, Crisis and Fragility Policy and Engagement
UNDP
Ms. Marta Valdés García
Deputy Humanitarian Director
Oxfam
Results Group 5: Humanitarian Financing
Mr. Jeremy Rempel
Head, Humanitarian Financing
ICVA
Ms. Marcy Vigoda
Chief, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Branch
OCHA
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