United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC)
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.
by disaster type
73
22
14
2015
Cyclones, typhoons
and hurricanes
Earthquakes,
Tsunamis
5
4
Environmental &
man-made emergencies
23
23
Nepal: Earthquake 2015
23
Philippines:
Typhoon Haiyan 2013
26
Indian Ocean: Earthquake
and Tsunami 2004*
45
Haiti: Earthquake 2010**
45
48
Complex
emergencies
1,378
by number of staff deployed
Pakistan: Earthquake 2005
255
5 largest deployments
Number of UNDAC missions
23
Response
prepardness
Floods and
land/mudslides
Volcanic
eruption
Drought
UNDAC deployments by gender and year
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
earhquake
earthquake
Total
by gender:
Hurricane
Hurricane
Mitch
Mitch
228 (19%)
(36%)
255
1,062(81%)
1,123
(64%)
74
4%
Female team
members deployed
56
40
5
100%
22
9%
5%
91%
95%
90
25%
42
12%
12%
89
22%
59
61
12%
20%
98%
96%
87%
88%
18%
88%
78%
28%
37%
42
88%
81
15%
12%
75%
92
87
29
100%
Guatemala
earthquake
97
20%
20%
61
22
Hurricane Pakistan
Pakistan
Hurricane
AnnaAnna
floods floods
87
13%
13%
Tropical
storm
Bopha
22%
Male team
members deployed
2%
Bolivia
Bolivia
Haiti Haiti
earthquake
floodsfloods earthquake
132
80%
80%
80%
78%
3,266
Total number of
deployment days
82%
85%
38
38
36
29%
29%
15%
71%
71%
85%
64%
72%
Emergencies responded to and deployment days by year
Indian Ocean
earthquake
and tsunami
Total
emergencies:
255
17
1,746
10
8
2
335
62
1993
1994
9
7
11
1,044
19
14
1,785
12
1,580
1,013
11
11
838
823
635
12
511
16
1,720
15
14
11
1,526
1,326
1,268
958
6
11
633
1,756
12
13
622
8
591
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
*includes Indonesia, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Thailand deployments. **includes Dominican Republic deployment.
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Creation date: 9 Dec 2014
Sources: OCHA, UNCS
632
5
229
1995
12
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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC)
The 2004/2005 period was the busiest in UNDAC’s history.
During that time, UNDAC recorded the most emergencies
responded to (20 in 2004), the highest number of deployment
days (3,266 in 2005) and the largest single emergencies by staff
deployed (the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and
the 2005 Pakistan earthquake).
Most missions occurred in the Americas (32 per cent), then in Asia
(23 per cent), Africa (19 per cent), the Middle East and North
Africa (11 per cent), the Pacific (8 per cent), Europe (5 per cent)
and Central Asia (2 per cent).
Number of missions
by emergency, location
and year
Missions by region and type (1993-2015)
Response
57
47
12
5
Central Asia
1
!2
!
!
!
1999
!
!
!
!
Paraguay
drought
!
Mozambique
floods
11
2004
!!
! !
!
Indian Ocean
earthquake and
tsunami
Hurricane
Hanna
2007
!
!
floods
!!
!
!
! !
!! !
!
!
!
!
!
Myanmar:
tropical storm
Nargis
16
2012
!
Philippines:
typhoons
Ketsana
and Lupit
!
14
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Philippines
tropical storm
Botha
!
!
!
!
6
2014
2015
Ebola
response
15
!
!
Sri Lanka
disaster response
preparedness
Nepal
Earthquake
!
!
!
!
!
!
Côte d'Ivoire
humanitarian
emergency
11
!
5
Lybia
crisis
!
!!
Kenya: Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport fire
Pakistan
floods
!
!
!
!
14
!
Philippines:
tropical cyclone
Haiyan
Nigeria
floods
!
!
!
!
! !
!
!
!
!
2011
Haiti
earthquake
!
!
!
!
!
Peru !
!
earthquake
Yogyakarta
earthquake
11
2013
Guatemala
earthquake
!!
!
!
! !!
! ! !!
!
!
!
!!
!
2010
!
!
Ghana
floods
!
!
!
Indian Ocean
earthquake and
tsunami
!
!
!
Sudan
floods
Tajikistan
earthquake
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2005
!! !
!
! !
!
!
!
!
!
2009
!! Bolivia
!
!
!
!
!
!
11
12
2008
8
! !
!
!
!
12
Cyclone
Percy
!
!
19
!
Iran: Bam
earthquake
2006
!
!
!
2003
occupied
Palestinian
territory
emergency
Pakistan
earthquake
!
!
!
!
11
!
!!
12
17
India:
Gujarat
earthquake
!
!!!!!!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Tropical storm
Jeanne and
hurricane Ivan
!!
!
!
!!
!
!
Mongolia
cold winter !
!!
Kosovo
crisis
Turkey
earthquake
!
!
!
2002
El Salvador
earthquake
!
!
!
!
Hurricane
Mitch
2001
!
Afghanistan
earthquake
!!
Indonesia and
Papua New Guinea:
drought
10
2000
Hurricane
Luis
!
!
!
!
!
7
!
!
!
!
Hurricane
Georges
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Great lakes
emergency
Americas
DPR Korea
floods !
!
Rwanda: !
civil strife
8
!
9
!
1998
Ecuador
floods
Asia
!
1997
!
!
Africa
China:
floods
2 emergencies
!
!
! !
!
Middle East &
North Africa
1995
India:
Maharashtra
earthquake
1996
Honduras and
Nicaragua
floods
Pacific
Nepal
floods
!4
!3
Europe
1994
!!
!
27
21
1993
Number of teams deployed:
80
Preparedness missions
!
!
!
!
Syrian border
monitoring
mechanism
!
!
!
12
!
!
!
!
!
Malawi floods
!