Disaster response

C. Regional disaster response preparedness activities

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.

Emergency response, information technology, disaster recovery and business continuity

(iii) A regional instrument on disaster management and emergency response

The United Nations system's role in disaster reduction and response

(e) Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels.

Information and telecommunication technology plays a key role in disaster response.

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,

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,

They should also include this issue in their national disaster response plans.

Briefing on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami disaster

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,

Promoting private insurance may seem an indirect response to the tsunami disaster, but it is a rational and powerful response.

(b) The role of the United Nations system in disaster reduction and response

It provides us with an important opportunity to stress the priority that must be given to disaster preparedness and disaster response, together.

Shifting from emergency disaster response to more proactive disaster prevention, risk reduction and mitigation will, in our view, be the key to success.

The response to the recent tsunami disaster in Asia is a case in point.

Panel discussion on Jewish response to disaster relief (sponsored by the United States Mission)

It is an agreement that facilitates response and disaster reduction activities in the region.

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Panel discussion on Jewish response to disaster relief (sponsored by the United States Mission)

Panel discussion Lessons learned from the recent earthquake tsunami Indian Ocean disaster response challenges

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.

Recognizing the significant role played by national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in disaster preparedness and risk reduction, disaster response, rehabilitation and development,

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Hence, the hesitant response of Southeast Asian governments and public opinion to the Burmese disaster.

The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development has taken the lead in disaster response management.

The Executive Director briefed delegates on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

(c) Increased participation in training seminars on disaster management, improved field and regional cooperation in disaster management and increased donor response to inter agency appeals.

Noting the critical role played by local resources, and by existing in country capacities, in natural disaster management and risk reduction, disaster response, rehabilitation and development,

His Government had also invited the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team to evaluate Mongolia's disaster response system and currently had many recommendations that would enable it to strengthen its disaster management capacity.

The level of involvement of regional organizations in disaster response has so far been mixed, however.

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

13. Notes that the Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities, including the Directory of Advanced Technologies for Disaster Response, has the potential to support planning preparedness and response activities, and requests the Secretary General to propose options to enhance its relevance

These actors are best placed to recognize and address disaster risk accumulation in their own environment, and represent the first line of response in case of disaster.

The disaster response mechanisms developed jointly by the Government and UNAMA have grown increasingly effective in collecting information on and facilitating the response to humanitarian crises.

This unprecedented devastation needs unprecedented global response in assisting the national Governments to cope with such disaster.

Her Government supported the idea of establishing an international entity for global coordination of disaster response services.

17. Stresses the need to ensure close links, as set out in resolution 54 219, between disaster prevention activities and the improvement of natural disaster preparedness and response

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.

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

More than 50 countries and disaster response organizations from all regions of the world participated in the exercises.

WFP has, in consultation with the Government, formulated a contingency plan, identifying potential disaster scenarios, impact and response.

A number of delegations provided details about their response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, including financial support.