And now one cannot suppress the thought that Kim s election could turn into a disaster for the cause of development.

The immediate cause of this disaster is clear the rains have failed for two years running in the dry regions of East Africa.

This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

Recognizing that natural disasters are a cause of displacement and that the consequences of hazards can be prevented or substantially mitigated by integrating disaster risk reduction strategies into national development policies and programmes,

The Asian Disaster Reduction Centre is a specialized organization for disaster reduction based in Kobe, Japan.

A Global Strategy for Disaster Risk

Relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should strengthen the capacity of disaster prone countries in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and post disaster recovery within a disaster risk reduction framework, by supporting relevant initiatives in this field.

The Asian disaster showed the ability of those affected to overcome long standing rifts, as Aceh rebels put down their arms in common cause with the rest of Indonesia. By contrast, the disaster in New Orleans and elsewhere along America s Gulf Coast exposed and aggravated such rifts.

It sometimes happens that a drastic action designed to prevent an unacceptable disaster may make the disaster worse.

We need a comprehensive strategy to achieve such disaster management including early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans.

Sami's own life is a complete disaster.

Your whole life is a complete disaster.

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

a) Integrate a gender perspective in post disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts and ensure that women take an active and equal role in all phases of disaster management and post disaster recovery and

Those initiatives were either specific to a particular phase of the disaster cycle, specific to a type of disaster or specific to a geographical region.

China is also a disaster prone developing country.

Such a vote would be a recipe for disaster disaster for Security Council reform, for United Nations reform and for international peace and cooperation.

Several countries found it practical to use disaster resistant hospitals as an example of a benchmark for reducing overall disaster risk.

Disaster beckoned.

Disaster preparedness

Disaster response

Disaster recovery

Disaster Relief

Earthquakes, cyclones, floods and droughts cause more victims and damage in poor areas, where people do not have the means or the capability to foresee and prevent situations of that type or to respond appropriately when a disaster occurs.

People are willing to donate hundreds of millions of dollars to help people after a disaster even after a disaster in a wealthy country like Japan but are unwilling to invest anything like the same amount to save lives before a predictable disaster strikes.

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But not proceeding would also have been a disaster.

None of this implies a disaster for developing countries.

The war started as a total disaster for Romania.

The spread of disease was a major secondary disaster.

Aftermath The battle was a disaster for the Japanese.

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer world

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

As a result, the probability of a eurozone disaster is rising.

In cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, ESCAP organized a side event on disaster prevention and regional cooperative mechanisms in space technology applications for disaster management during the World Conference on Disaster Reduction.

And so, if you have that gene, and you see a lot of violence in a certain situation, this is the recipe for disaster, absolute disaster.

It is more than a tragedy it is a major disaster in every possible meaning of the word. It is a disaster unprecedented in the annals of human history.

Integrating a gender perspective in post disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, particularly in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

Three draft resolutions have been submitted for action today the first on the South Asian earthquake disaster (A 60 L.18), the second on the Chernobyl disaster (A 60 L.19) and the third on the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (A 60 L.20).

The convening today of the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction is an opportunity to draw up a framework for a disaster reduction strategy for this century.

Disaster and Development

(f) Disaster management

Blair s EU disaster