8th session of the Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific in Hua Hin, Thailand from 1-3 December 2022

The HADR Programme, NTS Centre, participated in the 8th session of the Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific in Hua Hin, Thailand from 1-3 December 2022. The meeting was jointly hosted by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), the United States Centre for Excellence in Disaster Management (CFE-DE), and the Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC). Dr Alistair D.B. Cook presented on “The Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organisations – Implications for RCG” in the session on “Climate Change Adaptation and Humanitarian Civil-Military-Police Coordination: Lessons from Countries and Organisations in the Region”. Dr Lina Gong moderated the session on “Contextual Humanitarian-Civil-Military Coordination in Asia Pacific”. Timor-Leste will be the chair of the 9th RCG in 2023.