Policy, Guidelines & Related Documents

POLICY, GUIDELINES & RELATED DOCUMENTS

CMCS is the custodian of the Oslo and MCDA Guidelines on the use of military and civil defence assets in natural, technological and environmental and in complex emergencies respectively. These documents were prepared under the auspices of the UN MCDA Project. CMCS provides the Secretariat for the UN MCDA Project and is responsible for maintaining these Guidelines.

Comments should be directed to the Chief, CMCS, Emergency Services Branch, OCHA (Geneva), Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland, or cmcs@un.org. Proposed changes will be brought forward annually in the Consultative Group On the Use Of MCDA and incorporated in consultation with the Advisory Panel to CMCS, and when necessary referred to the ERC and IASC.

GUIDELINES

GENERAL GUIDELINES

UN-CMCoord Concept	United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) Concept	22 March 2005

Armed Escorts	Guidelines of the Use of Military or Armed Escorts for Humanitarian Convoys (discussion paper and non-binding guidelines) Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish	14 September 2001

Complex emergencies

MCDA Guidelines	Guidelines on the Use of Military and Civil Defence Assets to Support United Nations Humanitarian Activities in Complex Emergencies Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish	March 2003

IASC Reference Paper	Civil-Military Relationship in Complex Emergencies Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian- Spanish	28 June 2004

Guidelines Booklet	Civil-Military Guidelines and Reference for Complex Emergencies	October 2008

Natural Disasters

Oslo Guidelines	Guidelines on The Use of Foreign Military and Civil Defence Assets In Disaster Relief Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian Spanish	Nov 2006 Rev 1.1 (nov 2007)

SITUATION-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Iraq	Guidelines for Humanitarian Organizations on Interacting with Military and other Security Actors in Iraq	31 July 2008

Afghanistan	Guidelines for the Interaction and Coordination of Humanitarian Actors and Military Actors in Afghanistan	20 May 2008

	Guidance on coordination between armed actors and humanitarian clusters in Afghanistan	2008

Haiti	Relations With the Military Forces in Haiti - Guidelines For UN Personnel	26 April 2004

	Relations avec les forces armées en Haiti - Lignes de conduite pour le personnel des Nations Unies	26 April 2004

Liberia	UNMIL Guidance for Civil-Military Coordination in Liberia - CIMIC Guidance	Dec 2006
DRC	Guidelines for Interaction Between MONUC Military and Civil Organizations	8 June 2006
Sudan United Nations Civil-Military Coordination Guidelines 23 April 2008

HANDBOOKS

Handbook	Civil-Military Coordination Officer Field Handbook	U.E. 1.1, 10 March 2008

	Message USG Holmes and Commissioner Michel

REPORTS, STUDIES & RELATED DOCUMENTS

REPORTS
CG	Consultative Group on the Use of MCDA - Summary of Guidance	November 2008
APC-MADRO	Report of the 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Military Assistance to Disaster Relief Operations , Singapore	October 2006

	Report of the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Military Assistance to Disaster Relief Operations , Kuala Lumpur	October 2007

	Report of the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Military Assistance to Disaster Relief Operations , Australia	November 2008

STUDIES

SIPRI	"The effectiveness of Foreign Military Assets in Natural Disaster Response"	2008


RELATED DOCUMENTS

Glossary	UN-CMCoord Glossary	September 2008

Abbreviations	UN-CMCoord Abbreviations	November 2008

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