Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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United Nations office humanitarian coordination body

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	12
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs canonical	5
OCHA	4
UN OCHA	3
UNOCHA	2
Centre for Humanitarian Data	1
Department of Humanitarian Affairs	1
OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data	1
OCHA country office	1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Geneva offices)	1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)	1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan	1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field offices	1
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field presences in the Middle East	1
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in South Sudan	1
United Nations humanitarian operations	1
United Nations humanitarian system	1
United Nations relief operations	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Context triple: [United Nations Secretariat, hasPart, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]

A. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
B. UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
D. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
E. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Target entity description: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.

A. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
B. UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
D. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
E. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations office ⓘ humanitarian coordination body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UN OCHA ⓘ linked to: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ linked to: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
coordinatesWith	Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ linked to: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement United Nations agencies ⓘ affected states ⓘ donor governments ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
fieldPresence	country offices ⓘ humanitarian advisory teams ⓘ regional offices ⓘ
focusesOn	armed conflicts ⓘ complex emergencies ⓘ natural disasters ⓘ
foundedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility	advocacy for people affected by crises ⓘ coordination of international humanitarian response ⓘ emergency response coordination ⓘ management of humanitarian information ⓘ mobilization of humanitarian funding ⓘ policy development in humanitarian affairs ⓘ
headedBy	Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator ⓘ linked to: Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ New York City ⓘ
inception	1998 ⓘ
legalForm	UN Secretariat department-level office ⓘ
manages	Central Emergency Response Fund ⓘ Country-Based Pooled Funds ⓘ
mandatedBy	United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
oversees	United Nations humanitarian coordination system ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
predecessor	Department of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ linked to: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
shortName	OCHA ⓘ linked to: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
usesMechanism	cluster coordination approach ⓘ
usesTool	Financial Tracking Service ⓘ Humanitarian Data Exchange ⓘ Humanitarian Needs Overview ⓘ Humanitarian Response Plan ⓘ ReliefWeb ⓘ
website	https://www.unocha.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Secretariat → hasPart → Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ

United Nations system → hasPart → United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ