Intergovernmental Support Section
The Intergovernmental Support Section (IGSS) contributes to greater awareness and application of humanitarian policies
and principles by promoting systematic and informed policy dialogue among Member States, including through United
Nations organs (Economic and Social Council [ECOSOC], the General Assembly and the Security Council) and regional
and sub-regional organizations.
In 2008, the IGSS will advance the humanitarian policy agenda by:
- working with the Civil–Military Coordination Section to enhance understanding and consensus among Member
States on the use of military assets in disaster response (as requested by ECOSOC), including through the OCHAcommissioned study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI);
- promoting key humanitarian principles and doctrine to Member States, including through a study of the normative development of key principles and concerns since the adoption of Resolution 46/182; and
- explaining and disseminating to Member States humanitarian policy priorities defined by the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the IASC for action by intergovernmental bodies and individual Member States.
