The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) issued a global call related to the ongoing global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, requesting that appropriate military and civil defence assets be made available for the transport of urgently needed humanitarian and medical items.
NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) responded to UN OCHA on Friday 15 May, indicating the Alliance’s decision to support the request. The Alliance’s assistance will be determined based on close coordination between UN OCHA, the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), as well as on availability of airlift assets from NATO Allies and partners.
Source – JALLC – NATO’s Joint Allied Lessons Learned Centre
The support of NATO allies to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations started in the former Yugoslavia crisis. While the UN had UNPROFOR in the terrain – NATO was enforcing the maritime embargo to the region, ensuring Operation “Deny Flight” (the No Fly Zone over Bosnia), among other warfare support aspects.
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