Emergency Relief Coordinator

Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations
Emblem of the United Nations
Incumbent Mark Lowcock since September 2017
Inaugural holder	Jan Eliasson 1992
Formation	General Assembly Resolution 46/182. December 1991
Website	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator is a high-level position in the United Nations that heads the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The current holder is Mark Lowcock of the United Kingdom, who took office in September 2017, following his appointment by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The post of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) was created by UN resolution 46/182 in December 1991 to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations, member states and the wider humanitarian community in response to natural and man-made emergencies. The title of "Emergency Relief Coordinator", refers to coordination and aid management responsibilities across both the UN system and the wider assistance community.