International Organisations

The Government of Iceland contributes to emergency response and humanitarian assistance through various UN agencies, the most significant ones being: WFP which operates in the main disaster areas in the world, CERF which enables immediate response in emergency situations and OCHA which coordinates humanitarian actions and actors. Funds have also been allocated to the ISAF Emergency Fund for Afghanistan. In line with Iceland's Stand-by Partnership Agreements, ICRU has seconded experts to WFP, UNHCR, OCHA and UNICEF in emergency and humanitarian situations in Yemen, Pakistan, Syria, Sri Lanka, the occupied Palestinian territories and Sudan.