Further efforts must be made to hone this function and re create the required capacity, as both the need for policy analysis and the acknowledgement that UNHCR currently lacks this capacity are widely recognized both inside and outside the organization.

(iv) Substantive servicing of inter agency meetings Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (16)

Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)

E. Inter agency activities

(v) Documentation for inter agency meetings report of the annual meeting of the Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (2).

The inter agency body with a broad mandate to deal with coordination on gender issues is the Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, which is a network of gender focal points from United Nations entities.

UN Oceans will also continue the inter agency work of overseeing the management and development of the United Nations Atlas of the Oceans (http www.oceansatlas.org ), a web based information system.

Source IAPSO

Excluding IAPSO.

WFP worked to strengthen the coordination and effectiveness of inter agency humanitarian efforts through its participation in the IASC.

A. Inter Agency Security Management Network

(vii) Substantive servicing of inter agency meetings

The Inter Agency Task Force on Women, Peace and Security is one of 10 task forces of the Inter Agency Network and has been serving as the focal point for inter agency consultations on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).

Inter Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Inter agency mechanisms are used on a regular basis for the dissemination of information.

The inter agency focal point network on sexual exploitation and abuse, chaired by MONUC, is following a joint approach to combating sexual exploitation and abuse.

The Division and OHCHR continued to cooperate within the framework of inter agency mechanisms, especially the Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, under the leadership of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women.

Establishment by presidential decree of the Inter Agency Commission to Combat Money Laundering.

Yet another variant would be to recognize and capitalize on organizational core competence for certain specialized products or product mix, such as vaccines (UNICEF), all medical equipment and supplies and pharmaceuticals (WHO), all food commodities, including food rations now supplied by UNPD (WFP), vehicles and equipment (IAPSO), air transport services (UNPD).

The inter agency Common Services Working Group is also exploring the kind of support needed for the implementation of the joint office initiative.

A statement was made by the Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Inter Agency Affairs.

(f) Increased efficiency and effectiveness of the Inter Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality.

However, the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, who chaired a system wide Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality of which INSTRAW was a member, was not given sufficient formal authority for coordinating the programmes of Network members.

e. Meetings of inter agency working groups and ad hoc inter agency task arrangements established by the high level committees in the programme (10 meetings per year) and management areas (10 meetings per year)

In September 2005, the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) had supported the clear delineation of responsibilities within the inter agency collaborative approach to internal displacement.

During the last several years, the issue of mobility, especially inter agency mobility, has been discussed in a number of inter agency bodies and working groups.

Inter Agency Standing Committee and its Task Force on Gender and Humanitarian Assistance

The adoption of common services among agencies at the country level is accelerating.

Participation in the inter agency task force on indigenous women.

Development of the inter agency Common Data Set (CDS) on total merchandise exports and imports by country.

See IAPSO procurement statistics at www.iapso.org.

Similarly, IAPSO remains more a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) entity than an inter agency procurement facility since it is not used as such by the United Nations procurement system.

The newly initiated Inter Agency Travel Network promotes a global airline agreement signed with a major international carrier as a result, for the first time, smaller offices can obtain discounts.

In early 2003, the Inter agency Network on Women and Gender Equality established the Inter agency Task Force on Gender and Water, with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development as task manager.

C. United Nations Inter agency Task Force on Gender and Water

(e) Report on the activities of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee on space debris mitigation guidelines and supporting document , by the representative of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC).

Linking Beijing 10 to MDG 5 was a joint UNDP World Bank side event that the two organizations presented as co chairs of the United Nations inter agency network on gender.

In many of these exercises, WFP provided inter agency leadership through the IASC Sub Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning, which it co chairs.

Other inter agency coordination bodies that are relevant to the issues of women, peace and security include the

UNICEF agrees to share the rapid assessment manual with the Inter Agency Standing Committee.

The meeting reviewed several ongoing inter agency initiatives and adopted action plans, including

The new partnerships and distribution of tasks put forward by the Inter Agency Standing Committee were a promising step.

In particular, the Representative has participated in the meetings of the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC).

Informal meetings were also held with the United Nations Inter agency Network on Women and Gender Equality and with representatives of non governmental organizations to further identify priority issues for the multi year programme of work as part of the preparation of the present report.

Today, UNOSAT represents UNITAR in the Inter Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction, the Inter Agency Standing Committee for humanitarian action, the Secretariat of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space and several other bodies.