Inter-Agency Standing Committee

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) "is a unique inter-agency forum for coordination, policy development and decision-making involving the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.

"The IASC was established in June 1992 in response to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 on the strengthening of humanitarian assistance. General Assembly Resolution 48/57 affirmed its role as the primary mechanism for inter-agency coordination of humanitarian assistance." 

Full Members

 * Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
 * United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
 * United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 * United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
 * United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
 * United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
 * World Food Programme (WFP)
 * World Health Organisation (WHO)

Standing Invitees
Source
 * International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
 * International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
 * International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
 * American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction)
 * International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
 * Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
 * Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (RSG on Human Rights of IDPs)
 * Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR)
 * World Bank (World Bank)

Principals
Accessed September 2011:


 * Chair - Valerie Amos - Emergency Relief Coordinator, OCHA

Full Members
 * Catherine Bragg - Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA
 * Margaret Chan - Director-General, WHO
 * Helen Clark - Administrator, UNDP
 * Joan Clos - Executive Director, UNHABIT
 * António Guterres - High Commissioner, UNHCR
 * Manoj Juneja - Deputy Director-General (Operations), FAO
 * Anthony Lake - Executive Director, UNICEF
 * Babatunde Osotimehin - Executive Director, UNFPA
 * Josette Sheeran - Executive Director, WFP

Standing Invitees
 * Chaloka Beyani - Special Rapporteur on the HR of IDPs, SR on HR of IDPs
 * Yves Daccord - Director-General, ICRC
 * Bekele Geleta - Secretary General, IFRC
 * Robert Glasser - Secretary General (Representing SCHR), CARE Int.
 * Saroj Kumar Jha - Program Manager, World Bank
 * Paul O'Brien - Chair, ICVA Executive Committee, ICVA
 * Navanethem Pillay - High Commissioner, OHCHR
 * William Lacy Swing - Director-General, IOM
 * Sam Worthington - President and CEO, InterAction

Contact

 * Web: http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc