New field operations in disaster management and response were identified in 15 countries and several islands.

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

Thirdly, we are pleased that the Protocol applies equally to operations delivering emergency humanitarian assistance in natural disaster situations.

After one recent disaster, in which more than 100 civilians died, the Pentagon immediately insisted that such bombing operations would continue.

The Information Technology Operations Unit has also established enhanced disaster recovery services and absorbed an increased workload in procurement and training activities.

Moreover, in cases of natural disaster, emergency humanitarian assistance operations should be carried out only with the consent of the host States.

Such analyses have been used by WFP and other United Nations entities to plan and implement relief operations, as well as disaster reduction activities.

The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, which entered into force on 8 January 2005 following ratification by the thirtieth country, will contribute to the greater availability of telecommunication equipment for disaster mitigation and relief.

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.

The Committee noted that remote sensing imagery and satellite based communications, including telemedicine services, were used in the disaster relief operations following the Indian Ocean region tsunami.

(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

4.6 Exchange of information on their national authorities responsible for disaster management, search rescue operations with a view to facilitating the establishment and strengthening of contacts between these authorities.

On the day after the tsunami tragedy, the Islamic Republic of Iran began sending relief consignments to the disaster struck areas and took part in the international relief operations.

(b) Requirements in the poorest countries with weak infrastructure and operations management capacity, and in countries emerging from conflict or natural disaster, for recuperation of damaged or destroyed infrastructure

Her delegation did not object to the inclusion in the scope of the draft protocol of operations for the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance in response to a natural disaster.

In recent years, a disproportionate share of UNOPS revenues has come from a few large scale, complex operations, managed in specific environments post conflict transition and post natural disaster recovery.

Notes that UNOPS client base has shifted substantially to meet changing demands for services in post conflict and natural disaster response environments, and infrastructure and complex operations management with capacity building support

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

Disaster beckoned.

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Noting the immediate response by the Government of the Philippines to this ecological disaster, which is straining its limited resources in the needed massive clean up operations, and its request for international support,

nature's destructive potential. We believe that this experience should serve to strengthen the spirit of cooperation, partnership and joint efforts in disaster prevention and relief operations based on human solidarity and common purpose.

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

Commending the work of the United Nations Disaster Assistance and Coordination teams in facilitating rapid need assessments and assisting Member States to organize the on site coordination of international urban search and rescue operations,

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Recognizing also the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to deploy efforts in all these areas,

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.

17. Encourages States that have not signed or ratified the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, adopted at Tampere, Finland, on 18 June 1998, to consider doing so

Recognizing the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

3 Including ESCAP, ASEAN, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and the Asian Disaster Reduction Centre.

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Recognizing also the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

19. Encourages States that have not acceded to or ratified the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, adopted at Tampere, Finland, on 18 June 1998, to consider doing so

21. Encourages States that have not acceded to or ratified the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, adopted at Tampere, Finland, on 18 June 1998, to consider doing so

Welcoming also the appointment by the Secretary General of a Special Coordinator to coordinate international emergency relief operations in support of national emergency programmes of countries affected by the tsunami disaster and covered by the flash appeal,

It was therefore logical to enshrine the right of such a State to make a declaration that it would not apply the draft protocol to operations conducted for the sole purpose of responding to a natural disaster.