ACRONYMS
| ACDM | ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management |
| AERS | Advocacy and External Relations Section (OCHA) |
| AETF | Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund |
| AHI | Avian and Human Influenza |
| AIMB | Advocacy and Information Management Branch (OCHA) |
| ALNAP | Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action |
| AO | Administrative Office (OCHA) |
| APHP | Asia Pacific Humanitarian Partnership |
| APIS | Advocacy and Public Information Section (OCHA) |
| ARDEX-06 | ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASG | Assistant Secretary-General |
| BCRF | Budgetary Cash Reserve Fund |
| CAP | Consolidated Appeal Process |
| CAR | Central African Republic |
| CCHA | Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance |
| CEPREDENAC | Centre of Coordination for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America |
| CERF | Central Emergency Response Fund |
| CHAP | Common Humanitarian Action Plan |
| CHF | Common Humanitarian Fund |
| CMCoord | Civil–Military Coordination |
| CMCS | Civil–Military Coordination Section (OCHA) |
| CNCA | Comité National pour la Coordination des Aides |
| CNRR | National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (Colombia) |
| CPN | Communist Party of Nepal |
| CPU | Civil Protection Unit (Zimbabwe) |
| CRD | Coordination and Response Division (OCHA) |
| DERC | Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator |
| DERS | Donor and External Relations Section (OCHA) |
| DFID | Department for International Development (United Kingdom) |
| DIHAD | Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development |
| DMT | Disaster Management Team |
| DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations (United Nations) |
| DPRK | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| DPSS | Displacement and Protection Support Section (United Nations) |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| DSRSG | Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General |
| ECHA | Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations) |
| ECHO | European Commission Humanitarian Office |
| ECO | Economic Cooperation Organization |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EES | Environmental Emergencies Section (OCHA) |
| EFCT | Emergency Field Coordination Training (OCHA) |
| EO | Executive Office (OCHA) |
| EP&R | Emergency Preparedness and Response |
| EPS | Emergency Preparedness Section (OCHA) |
| ERC | Emergency Relief Coordinator |
| ERF | Emergency Response Fund |
| ERRA | Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Pakistan) |
| ESB | Emergency Services Branch (OCHA) |
| ESS | Evaluation and Studies Section (OCHA) |
| EU | European Union |
| EWU | Early Warning Unit (OCHA) |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAS | Financial Accounting System (OCHA) |
| FCRF | Field Coordination Reserve Fund |
| FCSS | Field Coordination Support Section (OCHA) |
| FiDMS | Field Document Management System (OCHA) |
| FIM | Field Information Management (OCHA) |
| FIS | Field Information Support (OCHA) |
| FRANZ | France, Australia and New Zealand (Asia- Pacific) |
| FSS | Field Support Section (OCHA) |
| FTS | Financial Tracking System |
| GAT | Gender Advisory Team (OCHA) |
| GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GDACS | Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System |
| GHD | Good Humanitarian Donorship |
| GHP | Global Humanitarian Platform |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| HAP | Humanitarian Action Plan |
| HC | Humanitarian Coordinator |
| HCT | Humanitarian Country Team |
| HDCS | Humanitarian and Development Coordination Section (MINUSTAH, Haiti) |
| HEWSweb | Humanitarian Early Warning Service website |
| HFA | Hyogo Framework for Action |
| HIC | Humanitarian Information Centre |
| HIMN | Humanitarian Information Management Network |
| HIN | Humanitarian Information Network |
| HIV/AIDS | Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| HRF | Humanitarian Response Fund |
| HRSU | Humanitarian Reform Support Unit (OCHA) |
| IAHCC | Inter-Agency Humanitarian Coordination Committee |
| IASC | Inter-Agency Standing Committee |
| IASC-CT | Inter-Agency Standing Committee Country Team |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICU | Islamic Courts Union |
| IDD | Internal Displacement Division (OCHA) |
| IDF | Israeli Defense Forces |
| IDMC | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
| IDP | internally displaced person |
| IED | improvised explosive device |
| IFRC | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IHP | International Humanitarian Partnership |
| IMO | Information Management Officer |
| IMU | Information Management Unit |
| INGO | international non-governmental organization |
| INSARAG | International Search and Rescue Advisory Group |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IRIN | Integrated Regional Information Networks |
| ISAF | International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) |
| ISDR | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| ITS | Information Technology Section (OCHA) |
| JMC | Joint Monitoring Committee |
| JNA | Joint Needs Assessment |
| JPO | Junior Professional Officer |
| LLR | lesson learning review |
| LRA | Lord’s Resistance Army (Uganda) |
| LSU | Logistics Support Unit (OCHA) |
| LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka) |
| MCDA | Military and Civil Defence Assets |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MENAIA | Middle East, North Africa, Iran and Afghanistan |
| MINUSTAH | United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
| MONUC | United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| MOSS | Minimum Operating Security Standards |
| MPA | Minimum Preparedness Action |
| NAF | Needs Analysis Framework |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NDC | National Disaster Centre (Papua New Guinea) |
| NDMO | Natural Disaster Management Office |
| NDRA | National Disaster Response Adviser |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NRC | Norwegian Refugee Council |
| NRF | NATO Response Force (Afghanistan) |
| OCM | OCHA Contact Management (System) |
| ODSG | OCHA Donor Support Group |
| OFDA | Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (United States of America) |
| OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| oPt | occupied Palestinian territory |
| OSSG | Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General (United Nations) |
| PA | Palestinian Authority |
| PAS | Performance Appraisal System |
| PDSB | Policy Development and Studies Branch (OCHA) |
| PEMTAG | Pacific Emergency Management Training Advisory Group |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| ProCap | Protection Standby Capacity Initiative |
| PSNP | Productive Safety Net Programme |
| RC | Resident Coordinator |
| RDRA | Regional Disaster Response Adviser |
| RedHum | Red Humanitaria |
| REDLAC | Regional Risk, Emergency and Disaster Task Force |
| RO-AP | Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OCHA) |
| RO-CEA | Regional Office for Central and East Africa (OCHA) |
| RO-LAC | Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (OCHA) |
| RO-SA | Regional Office for Southern Africa (OCHA) |
| RO-WA | Regional Office for West Africa (OCHA) |
| RRM | Rapid Response Mechanism |
| RSG | Representative of the Secretary-General |
| SAHIMS | Southern Africa Humanitarian Information Management Network |
| SDLS | Staff Development and Learning Section (OCHA) |
| SHP | Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) |
| SOPAC | Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission |
| SSRRC | Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission |
| TAF | The Asia Foundation |
| TEC | Tsunami Evaluation Coalition |
| TFG | Transitional Federal Government (Somalia) |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNAMA | United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
| UN-CMCoord | United Nations Civil–Military Cooperation |
| UNCT | United Nations Country Team |
| UNDAC | United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination |
| UNDAF | United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
| UNDMT | United Nations Disaster Management Team |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDSS | United Nations Department of Safety and Security |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNETE | United Nations Emergency Technical Team |
| UN-Habitat | United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHRD | United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| UNJLC | United Nations Joint Logistics Centre |
| UNMIT | United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste |
| UNOCI | United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire |
| UNORC | United Nations Office of the Recovery Coordinator |
| UNOWA | United Nations Office for West Africa |
| UNOPS | United Nations Office for Project Services |
| UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| UNTWG | United Nations Technical Working Group |
| UPDF | Uganda People’s Defense Force |
| USAR | urban search and rescue |
| USG | Under-Secretary-General |
| VAC | Vulnerability Assessment Committee |
| VOSOCC | Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |