1. Cc Mr. Casimiro Abreu, INGC Deputy General Director.
Mr. Mauricio Xerinda, CENOE Director.
Mr. Bonifacio Antonio, INGC Coordination Director.
Mr. Jaime Chissano
Ms. Noroarisoa Rakotomalala, Interim Head of Office/Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit
Ms. Stefania Trassari, UNDAC Africa Regional focal point.
Mr. Tinago Chikoto, Informatkion Management Unit
Mr. Kennedy Masamvu, Disaster Risk Reduction Expert, SADC
NATIONS UNIES
BUREAU DE LA COORDINATION
DES AFFAIRES HUMANITAIRES
UNITED NATIONS
OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION
OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
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Palais des Nations
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6 July 2015
Dear Mr. Joao Ribeiro,
We are pleased to refer to the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) system that
is designed to support national Governments, the United Nations in-country and incoming international
responders with coordination, assessments and information management during the first phase of a
sudden-onset emergency. The UNDAC team is composed by personnel from Member States and United
Nations (UN) agencies and it can be deployed by the UN System within 12-48 hours after a disaster.
As you know, the Government of Mozambique, through your organization, nominated Mr.
Antonio José Beleza who attended the last UNDAC Induction Course for Southern Africa organized in
Johannesburg, South Africa, by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA), the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Government of South Africa
from 14 to 26 September 2014. For this Course, 25 participants, including 14 from National Disaster
Management Agencies of the Southern African region attended.
In this context, we would like to formalize the participation of Mr. Antonio José Beleza in the
UNDAC system who then will become an official UNDAC member deployable in case a UNDAC team
is requested, after a disaster. In addition we would kindly request your government to nominate an
UNDAC Focal Point who will serve as point of contact between the Field Coordination Support Section
(FCSS) in OCHA Geneva that manages the UNDAC system and the Republic of Mozambique for all
UNDAC-related matters.
The formalization of the administrative procedures will ensure that members are included in the
active network of UNDAC, that a system of alert is in place for the rapid mobilization of the member and
that your government is informed about the activities of the UNDAC system in the region and in the
world.
For your information, we are pleased to enclose the UNDAC Concept Paper, Responsibilities of
Members and Participating Governments, and Responsibilities of UNDAC National Focal Points of
Members and Participating Governments. Please note that Mozambique is considered a Participating
Government. We will be very grateful if you could send us a confirmation of acceptance of your
government to be part of the UNDAC system endorsing all the points explained in the attached
documents and to send us the nominated Focal Point with contact details (telephone and email).

2. If you would like further information about the UNDAC system please do not hesitate to contact the focal
point for the UNDAC team in Africa, Stefania Trassari, in OCHA/FCSS Geneva (Tel: + 41 (0) 22-91
72815, trassari@un.org), or Dr Kennedy Masamvu, Disaster Risk Reduction Unit, SADC Secretariat
(Tel: +267 3641836, kmasamvu@sadc.int). We recommend that you always put in copy of any
correspondence the OCHA Regional Office for Southern Africa in Johannesburg, Ms. Noroarisoa
Rakotomalala-Rakotondrandria, Interim Head of Office/Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Unit (rakotomalala@un.org).
Mr. Joao Ribeiro
INGC General Director
Maputo
Yours sincerely,
Jesper Holmer Lund
Chief, Field Coordination Support Section
and Secretary INSARAG
Emergency Services branch
OCHA Geneva