Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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United Nations office humanitarian coordination body

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.

Aliases (11)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations office → humanitarian coordination body →
alsoKnownAs	Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → surface form: "UN OCHA" Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → surface form: "UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"
coordinatesWith	International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → surface form: "Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement" United Nations agencies → affected states → donor governments → non-governmental organizations →
country	Switzerland → United States of America →
fieldPresence	country offices → humanitarian advisory teams → regional offices →
focusesOn	armed conflicts → complex emergencies → natural disasters →
foundedBy	United Nations General Assembly →
hasMainResponsibility	advocacy for people affected by crises → coordination of international humanitarian response → emergency response coordination → management of humanitarian information → mobilization of humanitarian funding → policy development in humanitarian affairs →
headedBy	Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations → surface form: "Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator"
headquartersLocation	Geneva → New York City →
inception	1998 →
legalForm	UN Secretariat department-level office →
manages	Central Emergency Response Fund → Country-Based Pooled Funds →
mandatedBy	United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
oversees	United Nations humanitarian coordination system →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
partOf	United Nations Secretariat →
predecessor	Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → surface form: "Department of Humanitarian Affairs"
shortName	Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → surface form: "OCHA"
usesMechanism	cluster coordination approach →
usesTool	Financial Tracking Service → Humanitarian Data Exchange → Humanitarian Needs Overview → Humanitarian Response Plan → ReliefWeb →
website	https://www.unocha.org/ →

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Emergency Response Fund → administeredBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → alsoKnownAs → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "UN OCHA"

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → alsoKnownAs → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID) → cooperatesWith → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"

Division of Regional Operations → hasDomain → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations humanitarian operations"

United Nations Secretariat → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

Secretariat → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

subject surface form: "United Nations Secretariat"

United Nations missions in the Middle East → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field presences in the Middle East"

United Nations system → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"

UNON → hostsOrganization → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field offices"

United Nations country teams in Central Africa → includes → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"

Financial Tracking Service → maintainedBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data"

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations → mayHead → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

Country-Based Pooled Funds → monitoredBy → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "OCHA country office"

Central Emergency Response Fund → partOf → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "United Nations humanitarian system"

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → predecessor → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "Department of Humanitarian Affairs"

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs → shortName → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs →

this entity surface form: "OCHA"