China is also a disaster prone developing country.

Increasingly, such teams include emergency managers from disaster prone countries.

The regional meetings were attended by disaster management officials from disaster prone and responding countries in the region.

International support for the development of standby arrangements in disaster prone countries is still insufficient, however.

It is recommended that Governments of disaster prone countries include the utilization of the UNDAC team in their national response plans and disaster response exercises.

Accurate maps were needed, for instance, to avoid locating roads, housing and farms in disaster prone areas.

The international community, under United Nations leadership, must keep adequate resources readily available for disaster prone countries.

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 international community should therefore make it a priority to strengthen the response capacity of disaster prone countries.

In support of this, UNDP will deploy national disaster risk reduction advisers to assist national efforts in capacity building for disaster risk reduction in 20 of the most disaster prone countries of the world.

Disaster risk mitigation and preparedness are integral to the planning of human settlements in countries prone to natural disasters.

Regional organizations in disaster prone regions can play an important role in disaster response, as they have unparalleled knowledge of local conditions and prior relationships with national decision makers.

Underlines the significance of developing an early warning system as a part of efforts to prevent and mitigate natural disaster particularly the disaster prone regions through international cooperation and partnership.

Fully implement the Hyogo Declaration and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015 adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, particularly those commitments related to assistance to affected and disaster prone developing countries

Regional organizations in disaster prone regions should play a greater role in disaster risk reduction and management by devising regional level programmes and by supporting the efforts undertaken by the countries of the region.

Many of the disaster prone areas of such States are not able to obtain appropriate insurance due to the heavy costs incurred in previous disasters.

They should assist disaster prone developing countries in their efforts to increase institutional and technical capacities to address the priorities set out in the Hyogo Framework.

17. Urges Member States, with the support of relevant bodies of the United Nations system, to strengthen efforts to identify practical ways to channel resources to and strengthen support for national disaster management capacities in disaster prone countries

Australia, as a country that itself is prone to natural disasters, is acutely aware of the threat they pose and of the importance of disaster mitigation and preparedness.

They should also support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015 Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters in disaster prone developing countries.

Relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should enhance the level of preparedness of disaster prone countries, particularly at the local level, by significantly increasing funding for preparedness activities.

In that regard, the United Nations system and the international community should work closely in assisting affected and disaster prone countries and providing timely early warning information to their Governments.

But early warning means more than ocean sensors and satellites it also implies directing construction away from disaster prone areas and prodding private businesses to develop effective safety and evacuation procedures.

On the issue of natural disasters, being situated in a volcanic and disaster prone region, the Solomon Islands welcomes the Secretary General's call to establish a worldwide early warning system for all natural disasters.

Its financial system was unstable and prone to panics, and its political system was immature and prone to populism and nativism.

I was a little prone to depression.

They are also prone to making mistakes.

Children andinfants are particularly prone to it.

Vulnerability will increase further over the next two decades, as cities triple their built up land, to 600,000 square kilometers, often without basic infrastructure or policies to prevent construction and settlement on disaster prone and vulnerable sites.

While the preparedness of disaster prone countries needs to be enhanced at all levels, particular emphasis should be placed on the community level, as local communities are the first and primary actors in the early relief efforts.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will work closely with Governments of disaster prone and emergency affected countries to ensure the effective delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance, including support in the continuum from relief to development.

Second, food reserves should be established, not only for humanitarian supplies in disaster prone, infrastructure poor areas, as Zoellick proposes, but also as a means to support stable revenues for agricultural producers and ensure affordable food for the poor.

Indeed, without adequate regulation, they are prone to excess.

Sarkozy is a man prone to following his instincts.

Other earthquake prone countries must take action on this matter.

In short, the world has become increasingly prone to financial turbulence.

There are no oases of prosperity in a crisis prone globalized world.

On a smaller scale, we are living in communities prone to conflicts.

In the course of the preparatory work and debates, the Conference helped shape the emergence of a new political will to translate words into action and to apply available human and technical resources to the search for solutions in disaster prone countries and regions around the world.

Whereupon an earthquake seized them , so that they lay prone in their dwellings .

Whereupon an earthquake seized them , so that they lay prone in their dwellings .

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

Therefore there is an urgent need to enhance the capacity of disaster prone developing countries in particular, the least developed countries and small island developing States, to reduce the impact of disasters, through strengthened national efforts and enhanced bilateral, regional and international cooperation, including through technical and financial assistance.

Disaster beckoned.

Disaster preparedness