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The '''Inter-Agency Standing Committee''' (IASC) is an inter-agency forum of [[United Nations]] and non-UN humanitarian partners founded in 1991 to strengthen humanitarian assistance.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Bruce|last2=Stoddart|first2=Abby|date=December 2003|title=External Review of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee|work=[[ALNAP]]|url=https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/erd-3132-full.pdf}}</ref> The overall objective of the IASC is to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected populations. The Committee was established following UN General Assembly Resolution 46/182 and resolution 48/57 confirmed that it should be the primary method for inter-agency coordination.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Bruce|last2=Stoddart|first2=Abby|date=December 2003|title=External Review of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee|work=[[ALNAP]]|url=https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/erd-3132-full.pdf}}</ref> The committee is chaired by the [[Emergency Relief Coordinator]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Bruce|last2=Stoddart|first2=Abby|date=December 2003|title=External Review of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee|work=[[ALNAP]]|url=https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/erd-3132-full.pdf}}</ref>

== Members ==
IASC members are:<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Bruce|last2=Stoddart|first2=Abby|date=December 2003|title=External Review of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee|work=[[ALNAP]]|url=https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/erd-3132-full.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO)
*The American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction)
* the [[International Council for Voluntary Agencies]] (ICVA)
*the Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on [[Internally displaced person|Internally Displaced Persons]]
*the [[Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response]] (SCHR)
*[[UNICEF]]
*[[United Nations Development Program]] (UNDP)
*[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR)
*[[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA)
*the [[World Bank]]
*[[World Food Programme]] (WFP)
*[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
* [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] (OCHA)
* [[United Nations Development Program]] (UNDP)
* [[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA)

Standing invitees of the IASC are:
* the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC)
* the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] (IFRC)
*the [[International Organization for Migration]]

== Global Clusters ==
{{Main|Humanitarian Cluster System}}
Following the recommendations of an independent Humanitarian Response Review in 2005, the cluster approach was adopted in 2005 as a way of addressing gaps and strengthening the effectiveness of humanitarian response through building partnerships. The IASC clustered similar humanitarian organizations and appointed lead agencies for each. There are 11 clusters which are humanitarian coordination mechanisms of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last1=Stoddard|first1=Abby|last2=Harmer|first2=Adele|last3=Haver|first3=Katherine|last4=Salomons|first4=Dirk|last5=Wheeler|first5=Victoria|date=November 2007|title=Cluster Approach Evaluation|url=https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/erd-3641-full.pdf|website=[[ALNAP]]}}</ref>
# Camp Coordination and Camp Management
# Early Recovery
# Education
# Emergency Telecommunications
# Food Security
# [[Health Cluster|Health]]
# [[Logistics Cluster|Logistics]]
# Nutrition
# [[Humanitarian protection|Protection]]
# [[Shelter Cluster|Shelter]]
# Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/ Official website]
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