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

Disaster response

Those units work in close coordination with the regional advisers for disaster reduction of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs regional disaster response advisers.

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.

However, in practice, the UN response will be coordinated by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), by deploying a UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, in response to a request by the affected country's government.

The large number of often diverse actors creates acute coordination challenges, particularly during the first weeks of the response to a sudden onset disaster.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Disaster Management is working with national authorities to facilitate coordination among its Member States in managing regional cooperation in disaster management and emergency response.

A coordinating entity such as the proposed disaster management international space coordination organization (DMISCO) would contribute to bringing together such private companies and the disaster response teams that could benefit from their contribution.

In paragraph 709, the Board recommends that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs systematically assess the performance of members of United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination teams and use that assessment as a basis for sending response teams to a disaster zone.

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.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is continuing its efforts to improve disaster management by broadening participation in the disaster assessment and coordination teams.

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.

Desirous of enhancing international coordination at the global level in disaster management and emergency response through greater access to and use of space based services for all countries and facilitating capacity building and institutional strengthening for disaster management, in particular in developing countries,

9. Welcomes the role of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat as the focal point within the overall United Nations system for the promotion and coordination of disaster response among United Nations humanitarian organizations and other humanitarian partners

The Action Team made a number of recommendations, including the establishment of an international space coordination body for disaster management, provisionally identified as the disaster management international space coordination organization.

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,

13. Welcomes the role of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat as the focal point within the overall United Nations system for the promotion and coordination of disaster response preparedness among the United Nations humanitarian agencies and other humanitarian partners

14. Welcomes the role of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat as the focal point within the overall United Nations system for the promotion and coordination of disaster response among the United Nations humanitarian agencies and other humanitarian partners

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.

Moreover, Cuban specialists will soon join the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team.

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

18. Requests the United Nations system to improve its coordination of disaster recovery efforts, from relief to development, inter alia, by strengthening institutional, coordination and strategic planning efforts in disaster recovery, in support of national authorities

18. Requests the United Nations system to improve its coordination of disaster recovery efforts, from relief to development, inter alia, by strengthening institutional, coordination and strategic planning efforts in disaster recovery, in support of national authorities

19. Requests the United Nations system to improve its coordination of disaster recovery efforts, from relief to development, inter alia, by strengthening institutional, coordination and strategic planning efforts in disaster recovery, in support of national authorities

Strengthening the capacity and coordination within the national response to HIV AIDS.

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.

6 Reinforcing EU disaster and crisis response in third countries , Brussels, 20 April 2005.

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.

Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster

The selection criteria were raised at the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Advisory Board meeting on 27 February 2006, and included letters sent to Governments requesting nominations for United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination induction courses.