TYPES OF MISSIONSOf the 268 missions since 1993, flooding has been the leading cause of UNDAC deployment (76 missions). There have also been 31 disaster response preparedness missions, including three in 2016 (Guinea, Namibia and Vanuatu).

Since 1993, there have been 1,513 deployments of UNDAC members on missions in 108 countries. The response to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in 2004/05 and other missions saw the longest deloyment period ever, peaking at 3266 days in 2005.

76/155/4

48/231/3

23/116

14/1

5/1

268 MISSIONS SINCE 199313 MISSIONS IN 2016

100 MEMBERS &35 SUPPORT STAFFDEPLOYED IN 2016

1,513 DEPLOYMENTSTO 108 COUNTRIESSINCE 1993

NUMBER OF MISSIONS

NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENTS

0

5

10

15

20

20162010200520001995

13

19

The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team is part of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the international emergency response system for sudden-onset emergencies. UNDAC was created in 1993. It is designed to help the United Nations and governments of disaster-affected countries during the first phase of a sudden-onset emergency. UNDAC, as a tool of OCHA, also assists in the coordination of incoming international relief at national level and/or at the site of the emergency.

UNITED NATIONS DISASTER ASSESSMENT AND COORDINATION (UNDAC)

MISSIONS IN 2016

Floods

Tropical Cyclone

Earthquake/TsunamiDisaster Response

Preparedness (DRP)Complex Emergency

Drought/Forest Fires/Other

Tech/Environmental Accident

Volcano

20162010200520001995

Deployments by gender and year

Total deployment days by year

Total by gender: 328 (22%) 1,152 (78%)

6 largest deployments by number of staff

Indian Ocean: Earthquakeand Tsunami 2004* 45

Caribbean:Hurricane Matthew 2016** 24

Haiti: Earthquake 2010*** 23Philippines:

Typhoon Haiyan 2013 23

Nepal: Earthquake 2015 23

20

5 2

2126

36

6851

3240

38

51

99

69

48

7172

68 63

28 24 30

5167

74

1 3 4 6 10 10 164 8

3120

13 19 25 21 2310 12

4

3327 26

*includes Indonesia, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Thailand deployments**includes Bahamas, Haiti and Jamaica deployments***includes Dominican Republic deployment.

Creation date: 25 Jan 2017 Sources: OCHA, UNCS Feedback: ochavisual@un.org www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int

Pakistan: Earthquake 2005 23

(35 includingsupport staff)

2016201020052000199562

335 229

635

1044

1746

1013838 823

511633

1580

3266

958

1785 1720

1268 1326

622 591 632

15261756

1453

Indian Ocean Earthquakeand Tsunami (2004)

Caribbean:Hurricane Matthew (2016)

Indian Ocean: Earthquakeand Tsunami (2005)

Caribbean:Hurricane Matthew (2016)

Indian Ocean Earthquakeand Tsunami (2004)

Total Missions2016 Missions

COUNTRIES COVERED

Total missions by location, year and number of deployed members (1993-2015)

Number of deploymentdays by country in 2016

Number of missions byregion and type (1993-2016)

The 2004/2005 period was the busiest in UNDAC’s history, recording the most emergencies (31 in total) in a two year period, and the largest single emergency by staff deployed (the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami).

In 2016, UNDAC’s second-largest deployment was for Hurricane Matthew with a combined 24 deployments (35 including support staff) in Haiti, Bahamas and Jamaica. By length of deployment, the longest mission in 2016 was the Ecuador earthquake with a combined total of 288 days of deployment by UNDAC members, followed by Haiti (Hurricane Matthew response) with 250 days .

United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC)

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Bahamas

Jamaica

Tanzania

Cape Verde

Paraguay

Iraq

Fiji

Haiti

Ecuador

Central Asia

Europe

Pacific

Middle East &North Africa

Africa

Asia

Americas

Number of missions in country

4+21 3HAITI–BAHAMAS-JAMAICAHurricane Matthew (2016)

FIJICyclone Winston (2016)

TANZANIAearthquake(2016)

ECUADORearthquake (2016)

NAMIBIACADRI mission(2016)

VANUATUjoint IOM/UNDAC preparedness mission on mass evacuation in natural disasters (2016)

GUINEACADRI mission(2016)

CAPE VERDEvolcano risk eruption (2016)

IRAQestablishment of humanitarian operationscentre in Mosul(2016)IRAQMosul Dam preparedness planning(2016)

PARAGUAYfloods (2016)

2

1993

India:Marharashtra

earthquake

8

1994

Rwanda: civil strife

7

1995

DPR Korea:floods

9

1996

African Great Lakesemergency

10

1997

Indonesia andPapua New Guinea:

drought

17

1998

Afghanistan:earthquake

12

1999

Turkey:earthquake

11

2000

Mozambique: floods

11

2001

Mongolia: cold winter

12

2002

DRC: Volcano Nyiragongo

11

2003

Iran:Bam earthquake

19

2004

Indian Ocean:earthquake and tsunami

12

2005

Pakistan:South Asiaearthquake11

2006Tajikistan:

earthquake

14

2007

Ghana:floods

16

2008Honduras:Hurricane Ike and DRP

14

2009 Philippines:Typhoons Ketsana

and Lupit

11

2010Haiti:earthquake

6

2011

Sri Lanka:disaster response

preparedness8

2012Guatemala:earthquake

5

2013Philippines:

Typhoon Haiyan

15

2014

Ebolaresponse

12 missions

2015Nepal:

earthquake

Number of deployed staff

Highest: 23

Lowest: 1

Response Preparednessmissions

85

288250

2348584

4744

3230

5751

2925

125

108 COUNTRIESSINCE 1993

13 MISSIONSIN 2016

Total missions by country (1993-2016)