The United Nations Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC) was created to optimise and complement the
logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...
capabilities of cooperating agencies within a well-defined
crisis
A crisis ( : crises; : critical) is either any event or period that will (or might) lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affair ...
area for the benefit of the ongoing
humanitarian
Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...
operation. In 2005 the UNJLC was merged with the
World Food Programme
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
Logistics Coordination Unit as part of the
Logistics Cluster
The Logistics Cluster is a coordination mechanismGeneral Assembly Resolution 46/182, December 1991, https://undocs.org/A/RES/46/182 established by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), activated to ensure an efficient and effective emergency ...
and all UNJLC offices were disbanded in 2008.
The UNJLC provides logistics support at operational planning, coordination and monitoring level. Unless specified otherwise, UN Agencies and other humanitarian bodies, which are established in the area, will continue to exercise their normal responsibilities. As a result, the UNJLC will not be involved in
policy
Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organ ...
and establishment of humanitarian needs and priorities.
Functions
* Collecting, analyzing and disseminating logistics information relevant to the ongoing humanitarian operation,
* Scheduling the movement of humanitarian cargo and relief workers within the crisis area, using commonly available transport assets,
* Managing the import, receipt, dispatch and tracking of non-assigned food and non-food relief commodities;
* Upon specific request, make detailed assessments of roads, bridges, airports, ports and other logistics infrastructure and recommend actions for repair and reconstruction
The scope of the UNJLC activities may vary with the type of emergency, the scale of involvement of the cooperating partners and the humanitarian needs. In general terms, the UNJLC would:
* Serve as an information platform for supporting humanitarian logistics operations;
* Upon specific request, coordinate the use of available warehouse capacity;
* Coordinate the influx of strategic humanitarian
airlift
An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.
Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distanc ...
into the crisis area;
* Serve as an information platform for recommending the most efficient modes of transportation;
* Identify logistical bottlenecks and propose satisfactory solutions or alternatives;
* Serve as the focal point for co-ordinating facilitation measures with local authorities for importing, transporting and distributing relief commodities into the country;
* Provide reliable information regarding the logistics capacity in meeting the prioritization of targets;
* Be the focal point to coordinate humanitarian logistics operations with the Local Emergency Management Authorities (LEMA) or, in a
Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare.
Within the United N ...
or Complex Environment, with the Department of Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO) or the relevant
military
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
entities.
References
External links
United Nations Joint Logistics Centre
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