Emergency Response Team
ERT is UNDSS's rapid deployment capability, bringing together specialists from across security, humanitarian response, analysis, planning, logistics and partnerships to support the UN during the world's most complex emergencies. From sudden-onset disasters to protracted conflicts, the team helps UN operations remain safe, agile and operational when circumstances change rapidly.
What We Bring
- Crisis response and emergency management
- Security risk management
- Humanitarian access and coordination
- Conflict analysis and anticipatory planning
- Programme design and donor engagement
- Logistics and operational support
- Standby partnerships and surge management
- Innovation and digital solutions
How We Work
Working alongside UNDSS field offices, UN country teams and humanitarian partners, ERT supports every stage of a crisis:
- Before: strengthening preparedness and contingency planning.
- During: deploying specialized expertise where it is needed most.
- After: capturing lessons learned and helping shape better responses for the future.
Why ERT?
Because emergencies don't wait. Neither do we.
Deploying within 72 hours, ERT helps the UN adapt to evolving crises, strengthen humanitarian operations and turn operational experience into institutional learning.
