Support to the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Country Team

I was the Coordinator of an 11 member team of International Jurists.

Early action may be initiated by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, eligible agencies, or at the request of the United Nations humanitarian coordinator resident coordinator with the country team.

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12. In carrying out his her task, the resident coordinator should work with the team of United Nations organizations present or actively involved in the country, working on a collegial and consensual basis, with the resident coordinator as the team leader.

The Development Section would comprise the United Nations country team and the Office of the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.

The disaster management team, chaired by the Resident Coordinator, should include all United Nations organizations concerned with humanitarian assistance.

An implementation coordinator in the IMIS team and implementation teams in the user departments should be priorities for staffing.

The Resident Coordinator and the in country Disaster Management Team normally provide the basis for United Nations field coordination arrangements.

Such additional staff will work within the operational framework established by the Resident Humanitarian Coordinator and the disaster management team.

A smaller ad hoc team, the World Atlas Team (WAT) should be established within the frame of the GoE under the leadership of the coordinator of the work plan task.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator, working through the in country disaster management team where such a team exists, continues to be the first line of response to disasters and emergencies.

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At the country level, improved coordination should be sought by using fully the team of agency representatives within the Resident Coordinator system.

An implementation coordinator in the IMIS development team and implementation teams in user departments should be prioritized for staffing (see para. 36)

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My Deputy Special Representative, who is also Humanitarian Coordinator, Resident Coordinator, Deputy Designated Official and UNDP Resident Representative, chairs regular meetings of the Humanitarian Action Group, which includes the United Nations country team, donors and non governmental organizations.

Guest at noon Mr. Dermot Carty, Landmines Coordinator, Landmines and Small Arms Team, United Nations Children's Fund (on Portfolio of Mine Action Projects 2006 )

UNDG organizations should include in the performance appraisal system for the resident coordinator and United Nations country team an assessment of teamwork and horizontal cooperation.

In general, it was the relevant United Nations country team, led by the humanitarian coordinator, which was best placed to identify the opportunities and constraints.

The primary responsibility for facilitating this process lies with the Humanitarian Coordinator, working with the disaster management team members and with the other relevant actors.

In order to increase the credibility of consolidated appeals and improve the response to them, appeals will, in principle, be prepared at the field level with the active involvement of the Humanitarian Coordinator Resident Coordinator and the Disaster Management Team.

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Throughout the reporting period, the OHCHR Senior Human Rights Adviser has also continued to support the United Nations Country Team and the Resident Coordinator in Nepal.

The United Nations Office at Geneva indicated that the work was being performed to the best ability of the project team and the current interim coordinator.

The Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations informed the High level Coordinator that Kuwait Airways Corporation had appointed a team of engineers and a legal expert to undertake a visit to Tunis together with an Iraqi team.

The Resident Coordinator reports to the Emergency Relief Coordinator during the emergency and is backed by the disaster management team, which should mirror the structure of the Inter Agency Standing Committee and include the Red Cross movement and representatives of non governmental organizations.

Although there is a need for a team coordinator, we would emphasize that in the case of complex emergencies involving peace keeping operations the coordinator of the humanitarian operation must not be the same person as the one who is acting as coordinator of the peace keeping operation, since otherwise neutrality or impartiality might be lost.

14. The Department of Humanitarian Affairs should continue to develop the United Nations Disaster Assistance Coordination stand by team, working closely with the Resident Coordinator and the Disaster Management Team, to assist Governments in the immediate survival phase of natural disasters.

Grades of the respective representatives should be lower than the grade of the resident coordinator, who should have the authority (linked to grade) to lead the team.

In general, it is the relevant United Nations country team, under the leadership of the humanitarian coordinator, which is best placed to identify the opportunities and constraints.

In his capacity as Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sudan, the Deputy Special Representative would be responsible for coordinating the humanitarian response through the United Nations country team.

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