§ 23. Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in the last 12 months on international co-ordination of assistance in response to crisis situations. [62766]
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§ Clare ShortThe United Nations' Secretary General's Track II reform process has led to improvements in inter-agency joint working and co-ordination within the international community: the UK has strongly supported this process.
The UK continues to play an important role in supporting the United Nation's disaster assessment and co-ordination (UNDAC) mechanism, including hosting, organising and contributing to disaster assessment, co-ordination and response training events, and regularly providing and meeting the costs of UK experts on UNDAC missions.
We are also working with the International Red Cross movement to strengthen their capacity to respond to emergency situations within the context of an internationally co-ordinated response system. We are also backing the efforts of non-governmental organisations to develop a code of conduct and minimum standards for humanitarian response.