Standardizing U.S. Military Foreign Disaster Relief with the U.N.
Abstract
The lack of standardized procedures among the U.S. military and other disaster relief agencies results in inefficiencies during foreign disaster relief operations. These inefficiencies normally include breakdowns in information sharing, duplication of effort and delays in providing effective relief across the full spectrum of response forces. The United Nations has recently developed a "Cluster Approach" to international disaster relief which has gained notoriety as an effective method to mitigate many of these inefficiencies. The "Cluster Approach" groups capabilities of disaster relief support into clusters. Donor countries then pledge support in each cluster in order to develop "a coordinated approach to disaster relief that is predictable, accountable to donors and doesn't duplicate the efforts of different organizations." This paper proposes the U.S. should standardize the U.S. military force package utilized for foreign disaster relief. It also proposes that this package is integrated into the U.N. Cluster Approach framework.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 04, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA545906
Entities
People
- Brad A. Bane
Organizations
- Naval War College