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The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a part of the UN Secretariat which is mandated to lead and coordinate international humanitarian interventions in collaboration with national authorities and other relevant international or national actors. OCHA is also tasked to support efforts to mobilize resources for humanitarian purposes, highlight the needs and rights of vulnerable individuals, promote prevention and preparedness strategies and facilitate durable solutions for humanitarian crises. In crisis situations, OCHA works in close collaboration with interested governments and other humanitarian actors to rapidly deploy humanitarian resources, analyse the situation and assess the needs for relief, as well as to facilitate coordination between civilian and military actors and to mobilize international resources for relief efforts. In addition, OCHA leads the work of strengthening overall humanitarian coordination within the so-called cluster system. The current head of OCHA and the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator is Mark Lowcock.
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