Humanitarian civil-military coordination remains central to OCHA’s mandate to safeguard and expand humanitarian access and protection outcomes. In a rapidly evolving landscape, continuous learning, collaboration, and the uptake of good practices are critical.

As the UN focal point for humanitarian civil-military coordination, OCHA’s Civil Military Coordination Service (CMCS) remains committed to upholding the highest standards in coordination and thought leadership.

The updated 2.1 edition of the UN-CMCoord Handbook provides practitioners, whether humanitarian, military or other stakeholders, a compact and comprehensive tool that reflects current thinking and realities faced by the UN-CMCoord community today.

This 2.1 edition incorporates key new conceptual and operational developments shaping the field today. New case studies illustrate these shifts, while others remain unchanged as their lessons remain pertinent to the thematic areas they address.

As with the 2018 version, the Handbook is organized into six chapters, structured to facilitate mutual understanding and promote civil-military coordination. Enhancing this understanding is vital to operational effectiveness and principled humanitarian action.

For any further inquiries or information, please contact the Civil Military Coordination Service at [email protected].