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The Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) was established in 1996 within the Emergency Services Branch (ESB) in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva.
Its main purpose is to develop, prepare and maintain stand-by capacity for rapid deployment to sudden-onset emergencies in order to support the authorities of the affected country and the United Nations Resident Coordinator in carrying out rapid assessment of priority needs and in coordinating international relief on-site.
The FCSS manages a number of tools that have been developed during the last decade to improve international coordination and cooperation in natural disasters and complex emergencies:
- The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team
- The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG)
- The Virtual Operations Coordination Centre (VOSOCC)
- The International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP)
The FCSS prepares support for coordination in the field in case of natural disasters such as earthquakes..
.. floods ..
.. environmental emergencies, and others ...
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