Emergency Relief Coordinator

In the decade following the creation of a Representative of the Secretary-General (RSG) on IDPs in 1992, several measures were undertaken to address the need for a more effective and coordinated humanitarian response to internal displacement, including the designation of the Emergency Relief Coordinator as the UN reference point for IDPs, and the establishment in 2002 of an Internal Displacement Unit (later the Inter-Agency Internal Displacement Division) within UNOCHA (Turton 2011). 

Nonetheless, significant flaws persist, as demonstrated by the weak coordination of the response to the 2011 Haiti earthquake and Pakistan floods. The Emergency Relief Coordinator has now launched a Transformative Agenda, with a particular focus on strengthening and accelerating response in the critical early phase of a Level 3 (Le. large-scale) emergency, and introduced specific measures to reinforce the three pillars of leadership, coordination, and accountability... 

National Response Plan (NRP) - The plan that coordinates federal resources in disaster situations. (The NRP is designed to address the consequences of any disaster or emergency situation in which there is need for federal assistance under the authorities of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. The NRP is also the federal government s plan of action when assisting affected states and local jurisdictions in the event of a severe disaster or emergency. The plan consists of 12 emergency support functions [ESFs].)... 

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