Disaster Relief

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

Disaster relief and refugee services that encompass family reunification and support.

The Government has increasingly assumed responsibility for disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.

At the same time, 1 million was intended to go to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund.

The Chinese Government will continue, together with other countries, to actively participate in international and regional cooperation in disaster prevention, relief and reduction.

16. Further encourages compatibility and complementarity of telecommunications and other technological equipment required in humanitarian and disaster relief operations

Calls on United Nations entities and international and local humanitarian relief organizations to strengthen the gender dimensions of their responses to disaster situations

1. Recognizes that disasters affect many areas of the Earth and that coordinated international efforts are required to reduce their impacts, and that space technology and its application can play a vital role in supporting disaster relief operations by providing accurate and timely information and communication support

SADC would also like to underline the importance of international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development.

Emergency relief

How Effective is Disaster Relief?

We have committed 425 million towards a comprehensive package of disaster relief measures for disaster victims and reconstruction assistance.

4. Stresses, in this context, the importance of strengthening international cooperation, particularly through the effective use of multilateral mechanisms, in the provision of humanitarian assistance for all phases of a disaster, from relief and mitigation to development, including through the provision of adequate resources

To be sure, it is widely agreed that aid for disaster relief and assistance to conflict affected countries are effective.

(c) Increased capacity of developing countries to deal with disaster relief.

Effective coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance requires cooperation between all stakeholders, including the United Nations system, and regional as well as national mechanisms.

Also calls on Governments to promote and protect the full enjoyment of human rights by women, including in the context of natural disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts

8. Also stresses, in this context, the importance of strengthening international cooperation, particularly through the effective use of multilateral mechanisms, in the timely provision of humanitarian assistance through all phases of a disaster, from relief and recovery to development, including the provision of adequate resources

4. Stresses, in this context, the importance of strengthening international cooperation, particularly through the effective use of multilateral mechanisms, in the provision of humanitarian assistance through all phases of a disaster, from relief and mitigation to development, including the provision of adequate resources

4. Stresses, in this context, the importance of strengthening international cooperation, particularly through the effective use of multilateral mechanisms, in the provision of humanitarian assistance through all phases of a disaster, from relief and mitigation to development, including the provision of adequate resources

The current disaster relief efforts have brought to the fore the increasingly vital role played by civil society and non governmental organizations in providing effective emergency relief and rehabilitation.

(i) The utilization of military and civilian personnel in disaster relief operations and an ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Centre, as provided for in the ASEAN Security Community Plan of Action

Secretary General Kofi Annan and the heads of the United Nations agencies concerned paid timely visits to the disaster stricken areas to carry out inspections and provide guidance in disaster relief efforts.

In paragraph 723, the Board recommends that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs draw on the Indonesian experience to propose an institutional model for coordination in transitions from disaster relief to recovery.

In conclusion, CARICOM States resolve to work closely with the Emergency Relief Coordinator and other United Nations agencies to ensure the success of that new venture to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.

The Committee was deeply appreciative of the work done by many civil society organizations in providing emergency relief under the most difficult circumstances.

He stressed that two billion people in developing countries were affected by climate related disasters in the 1990s, and 2 per cent of World Bank funds are diverted to disaster relief.

Calls on Governments to involve women in all levels of decision making in disaster situations, including in community level welfare centres for displaced persons

It is responsible for providing rapid acquisition, processing and analysis of satellite data and the provision of satellite based information products on natural and environmental disasters, for humanitarian relief activities, as well as in the context of civil security.

Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

Briefing by the Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Emergency relief cannot be supplied by the international community alone.

With respect to the deployment of personnel, we have sent several civilian disaster relief teams to the affected region to provide emergency relief and medical and other assistance to the devastated areas in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, currently ratified by 31 States, entered into force on 8 January 2005.

4. Stresses, in this context, the importance of strengthening international cooperation in the provision of humanitarian assistance for all phases of a disaster, from relief and mitigation to development, including through the provision of adequate resources

Mr. Sardenberg (Brazil) (spoke in Spanish) Brazil welcomes the convening of this meeting of the General Assembly on the strengthening of disaster relief assistance and rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention activities following the disaster caused by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.

The Government of Afghanistan has set up a disaster relief committee to coordinate the humanitarian response to these emergencies.

Those should form part of a comprehensive package of response to the relief and development dimensions of humanitarian disasters.

The Resident Coordinator reports to the Emergency Relief Coordinator during the emergency and is backed by the disaster management team, which should mirror the structure of the Inter Agency Standing Committee and include the Red Cross movement and representatives of non governmental organizations.

Delegations congratulated UNICEF on its rapid response, saying that UNICEF had shown itself to be a credible partner in disaster relief, and the profile of the agency and its Executive Director in the immediate aftermath was to be commended.

Morocco

Stresses the need to utilize the expertise, knowledge and networks of women to promote gender equality and social justice in the context of disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction and to facilitate women's access to media and information and communication technologies

The CCCs provide the framework for addressing the protection of children in humanitarian disasters.

My delegation also supports setting up a 1 billion voluntary fund to provide urgent relief to victims of sudden disasters.