Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations
Emblem of the United Nations
Incumbent Stephen O'Brien since 29 May 2015
Inaugural holder	Jan Eliasson 1992
Formation	General Assembly Resolution 46/182.[1] December 1991
Website	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator is a high-level position in the United Nations that heads the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The current holder is Stephen O'Brien of the United Kingdom, who took office on 29 May 2015, following his appointment by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

History

The post of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) was created by UN resolution 46/182 in December 1991 to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations, member states and the wider humanitarian community in response to natural and man-made emergencies. The title of "Emergency Relief Coordinator", refers to coordination and aid management responsibilities across both the UN system and the wider assistance community.

List of Under-Secretaries-General

#	Name	Nationality	Office entered	Office left
1	Jan Eliasson	Sweden	1992	1994
2	Peter Hansen	Denmark	1994	1996
3	Yasushi Akashi	Japan	1996	1998
4	Sérgio Vieira de Mello	Brazil	1998	January 2001
5	Kenzo Oshima	Japan	January 2001	June 2003
6	Jan Egeland	Norway	June 2003	December 2006
7	John Holmes	United Kingdom	January 2007	September 2010
8	Valerie Amos	United Kingdom	September 2010[2]	May 2015
9	Stephen O'Brien	United Kingdom	May 2015	Present

External links

• List of ERCs, United Nations Library

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