Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Risk Management Practices: Critical Elements for Adaptation to Climate Change [Word] (posted: 24 November 2008)
Submission to the UNFCCC Parties by The Informal Taskforce on climate change of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, October 2008

Early Warning Early Action Report for IASC Member Agencies - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [PDF] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Humanitarian Coordinators Pool Mapping Exercise: Report - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [PDF] (posted: 13 November 2008)
2.2 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Proposed IASC Priorities and Calendar of Meetings for 2009 - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

DRAFT Establishment of Parameters for Humanitarian Country Teams - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Partnership and Other Issues from a Humanitarian Financing Perspective - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Preservation of Humanitarian Space - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Session 1.1 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Update on Strengthening the Humanitarian Coordination System - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Session 2.2 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

IASC Humanitarian Coordinators Pool Phase II - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
2.2 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Towards a More Strategic and Relevant IASC - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Session 3.1 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Early Recovery and Recovery in Transition Situations - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Session 1.3 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Session: IV. Humanitarian Financing, Annex I, Annex II, Annex III - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Update on Clusters - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
2.2 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Report of the Informal Group on Migration, Displacement and Climate Change (Revised) - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Session 2.1 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Common Approach to Needs Assessment - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 13 November 2008)
Session 1.2 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Report of the Informal Task Force on Climate Change - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 10 November 2008)
Session 2.1 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Food Security Crisis: Discussion of the Current Situation and the Coordinated Response in the Framework of the High Level Task Force (HLTF) - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 10 November 2008)
Session 2.1 - Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

International Humanitarian Financing: Review and Comparative Assessment of Instruments - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 10 November 2008)
A Study for the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative Commissioned by the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, by Abby Stoddard, Ph.D.

Discussion Paper on Ways Forward on Humanitarian Financing - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 10 November 2008)
Background Document for 72nd IASC WG, 19-21 November 2008

Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: Who Will be Affected? Working Paper Submitted by the Informal IASC Working Group on Migration/ Displacement and Climate Change [Word] (posted: 28 October 2008)
October 2008

Draft Annotated Agenda - IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting [Word] (posted: 27 October 2008)
Circulated 27 October 2008

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting, Geneva, 18-20 June 2008

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Concept Note IASC Task Force on Information Management [PDF] (posted: 16 December 2008)
Circulated 12 December

E-mail Message - [OLDER PERSONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT] *For Information and Comment* Outputs from the IASC WG Meeting (posted: 26 August 2008)
E-mail Message to ICVA Members, 26 August 2008

Humanitarian Action and Older Persons, An essential brief for humanitarian actors [Word] (posted: 25 August 2008)
Circulated 22 August

Terms of Reference for the proposed IASC Task Force on Information Management [Word] (posted: 25 August 2008)
Circulated 22 August

Action Points and Conclusions - IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - A [Word] (posted: 21 July 2008)
Circulated 18 July 2008

Operational Guidance on the Concept of Provider of Last Resort [Word] (posted: 7 July 2008)
As endorsed by the IASC Working Group on 20 June 2008

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Final Annotated Agenda [Word] (posted: 17 June 2008)
Circulated 16 June 2008

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Food Prices and Food Security [Word] (posted: 13 June 2008)
Background document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting: Displacement and Climate Change [Word] (posted: 13 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Follow up to the IASC Principals meeting - Reaffirmation and Practical Application of Humanitarian Principles to Reinforce Humanitarian Space (posted: 13 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG—also available: English: [Word]

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Operational Guidance on the Concept of Last Resort [Word] (posted: 13 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

Draft: High Level Task Force on the Global Food Crisis - Elements of a comprehensive framework for action [PDF] (posted: 12 June 2008)
Draft For Informal Distribution at Rome High Level Conference on Food Security

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Policy Statement Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action [PDF] (posted: 12 June 2008)
Background document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: CERF Partnerships [Word] (posted: 11 June 2008)
Background document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Principals Meeting, 30 April 2008, Geneva - Summary Record [Word] (posted: 11 June 2008)
Circulated 12 June 2008

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Climate change, the environment, natural disasters and human displacement: a UNHCR perspective [Word] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Climate Change and Migration - IOM Document [PDF] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Migration and Climate Change - IOM [PDF] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Future Floods of Refugees: A comment on climate change, conflicts and forced migration - NRC paper [PDF] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Early Warning – Early Action Report for IASC Member Agencies - Anticipated Changes in Humanitarian Response Projections for July – September 2008 [PDF] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG—also available: English: [Word]

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Humanitarian Action and Older Persons - An essential brief for humanitarian actors [Word] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Progress report for IASC Task Force on Safe Access to Firewood and alternative Energy in Humanitarian Settings [Word] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Implementation of Inter-Agency framework for Information Management in emergencies [Word] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Operational Guidance on the concept of 'Provider of last resort' [Word] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Strengthening the Humanitarian Coordination System [Word] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Humanitarian Futures: Synchronous, sequential and simultaneous humanitarian crises:Practical implications for the IASC and Humanitarian Country Teams [PDF] (posted: 10 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Background Document: Operational Guidance on Responsibilities of Cluster/Sector Leads & OCHA in Information Managment [PDF] (posted: 3 June 2008)
Background Document for 71st IASC WG

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Draft Annotated Agenda [Word] (posted: 30 May 2008)
Circulated 29 May 2008

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting - Practical Information for Participants [Word] (posted: 30 May 2008)
Circulated 29 May 2008

IASC Working Group 70th Meeting, New York, 11-13 March 2008

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IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Briefing on the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Principles and Guidelines – the “Capstone Doctrine” [Word] (posted: 6 March 2008)
Session 3.2 - circulated 3 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Reference Group on Human Rights and Humanitarian Action Progress Report [Word] (posted: 6 March 2008)
Circulated 3 March 2008

Letter to the Chair of the IASC from States, 7 February 2008 [Word] (posted: 6 March 2008)
For information - circulated 5 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Early Warning-Early Action Report for IASC Member Agencies Projected for March – June 2008 [PDF] (posted: 6 March 2008)
For information - circulated 5 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - IASC Countries of Concern: Map [PDF] (posted: 6 March 2008)

Reply from John Holmes to letter from States, 19 February 2008 [PDF] (posted: 6 March 2008)
For information - circulated 5 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Update: Strengthening the Humanitarian Coordination System [Word] (posted: 5 March 2008)
For information - circulated 4 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Skeleton Agenda with Background Document Titles/Numbers [Word] (posted: 4 March 2008)
Circulated 4 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: IASC DRAFT Policy Statement on Gender Equality Programming in Humanitarian Action [Word] (posted: 4 March 2008)
Session 5.2 - circulated 4 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Roll-out of the Cluster Approach [Word] (posted: 4 March 2008)
Session 1.3 - circulated 4 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Draft Annotated Agenda [Word] (posted: 3 March 2008)
Circulated 3 March 2008

Request for input to IASC Working Group, 11-13 March 2008, New York (posted: 28 February 2008)
E-mail Message to ICVA Members - 19 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Contingency Planning Consultation - List of recommendations 24 September 2007 [Word] (posted: 27 February 2008)
Circulated 26 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Lessons learned from the IASC pilot Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluations conducted in Mozambique (May 2007) and Pakistan (September 2007) (Annex 1) [Word] (posted: 27 February 2008)
Session 2.1 - circulated 26 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation: One-year pilot [Word] (posted: 27 February 2008)
Session 2.1 - circulated 26 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Preserving Humanitarian Space, Protection and Security [Word] (posted: 27 February 2008)
Session 3.1, circulated 26 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change [Word] (posted: 27 February 2008)
Session 4.1 - circulated 26 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Document: Revised IASC Gender Equality Policy Statement (Cover Note) [Word] (posted: 27 February 2008)
Session 5.2 - circulated 26 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Note on Cluster Evaluation Phase II [Word] (posted: 25 February 2008)
Circulated 22 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Skeleton Agenda with Background Document Titles/Numbers [Word] (posted: 25 February 2008)
Circulated 22 February 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Background Note: Management Matrix, Cluster Evaluation Report [Word] (posted: 19 February 2008)
11-13 March 2008

IASC 70th WG Meeting - Cluster Evaluation Report: Management Response Matrix [Word] (posted: 19 February 2008)
11-13 March 2008

Humanitarian "Clusters"

IASC Principals Documents

IASC Subsidiary Bodies - Reports and Workplans

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IASC Working Group 72nd Meeting, Rome, 19-21 November 2008

IASC Working Group 71st Meeting, Geneva, 18-20 June 2008

IASC Working Group 70th Meeting, New York, 11-13 March 2008

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