Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR)
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Founded
1972 Geneva Switzerland
Aims
Promote actively a world in which local communities, civil society, governments and regional institutions can respond effectively to humanitarian emergencies, based on universally accepted humanitarian principles and with disaster-affected people at the centre of these responses; save lives, reduce human suffering and preserve human dignity.
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Standing invitee of: E-XE4201 - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC).
- Links with: Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS)
- Links with: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Links with: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
- Member of: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)
- Instrumental in setting up: Sphere Association (Sphere)
- Cooperates with: CHS Alliance
- Cooperates with: Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI)
- Links with: American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction)
- Links with: Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities Network (CDAC Network)
- Links with: Global Humanitarian Platform (GHP)
- Links with: Global Shelter Cluster (GSC)
- Links with: International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
- Links with: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- Links with: Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies (VOICE)
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE5231
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