Key global guidelines, guidance and handbooks

Key global UN-CMCoord guidelines

Oslo Guidelines on Use of Foreign Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster Relief (rev 2007)

IASC Non-Binding Guidelines on the Use of Armed Escorts for Humanitarian Convoys (2013)

'The MCDA Guidelines' - Use of Military and Civil Defence Assets (MCDA) to Support United Nations Humanitarian Activities in Complex Emergencies – (rev 1 2006)

'The IASC Reference Paper' - IASC Guiding & Operating Principles on Civil-Military Relationship & Use of Military Assets (2004)

CMCS Handbooks and Guidance

OCHA Field Handbook (2018)

UN-CMCoord Handbook for the Military 2.0 (2017)

OCHA on Message - What is CMCoord (2022)

CMCoord Support to Protection Outcomes (2020)

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OCHA - Minimum Services Packages on Humanitarian Access (2019)

OCHA Working Paper on Humanitarian Notification Systems (2018)

Complex Emergencies - Civil Military Guidelines and Reference (2014)

Recommended Practices for Effective Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination of Foreign Military Assets in Natural and Man-Made Disasters (2018)

COVID-19 CMCoord Guidance

Guidance for engaging with Armed Actors

Compendium of messages in support of Humanitarian Access and Protection

Global MCDA request issued on behalf of WFP and WHO

The global MCDA request issued by OCHA for WFP and WHO to support logistics and medevac.

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