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close this bookAn Overview of Disaster Management (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - United Nations Development Programme , 1992, 136 p.)
close this folderPART THREE: DISASTER RESPONSE
close this folderChapter 11. UN response to disasters 1
View the document(introduction...)
View the documentPrincipal elements and actions in response to a sudden disaster
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View the documentAlert message and field sitreps
View the documentThe importance of coordination and information

Sitreps - exchanging information with UNDRO

This section describes the responsibilities of the resident coordinator/representative in respect of reporting to UNDRO, and provides guidelines for the preparation of the required field sitreps. It describes UNDRO’s reporting (information dissemination) system in the context of international information flows.


Contacting UNDRO, Geneva


UNDRO maintains a 24-hour duty system, 365 days-a-year. To contact:


Telephone

(4122)-7332010

(Direct line for use in case of an emergency: out of office hours the call is received by Air Call answering service which conveys the message to the UNDRO duty officer who then calls back)

or

(4122)-7346011

(United Nations Office Geneva switchboard: ask for UNDRO duty officer)

Telex

414242 DRO CH


Fax

(4122)-7335623


Electronic mail

UNX008

Use the UNDP E-mail facility. (Message is delivered to UNDRO via UNIENET)