Emergency relief items: compendium of generic specifications

This document is a catalogue of items for Emergency Relief and is a result of a project conducted by the Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/IAPSO) with the aim of developing generic specifications for emergency relief items needed/provided during the initial phase of a disaster. The catalogue lists by product group the complete generic specifications for all selected items under the chapter headings as follows: "Telecommunications equipment"; "Shelter, housing, storage, and cooking appliances"; "Water supply systems"; "Food items"; "Sanitation and hygiene items", "Materials handling equipment"; "Power supply systems"; and, "Basic logistics".