Iraq is a disaster, and nothing indicates that the situation can be turned around.

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.

Concerned that existing post disaster relief, recovery rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the recent tsunami disaster, have not sufficiently addressed the gender dimensions of the situation,

Fred Bergsten of the Institute for International Economics calls this situation a disaster in the making.

For the Palestinians, the situation is oppressive, and for Gaza it is an outright humanitarian disaster.

As we approach the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster, the country's situation has not improved.

Nearly a year has passed since the disaster, but the situation in the Maldives has not eased.

Deeply concerned also at the impact of the disaster on the economic, social and humanitarian situation in Mozambique,

To buy or even to hold risky assets in such a situation is a recipe for financial disaster.

There is a humanitarian situation which, owing to a natural disaster and man made causes, is extremely serious and getting worse.

I have in mind the two countries of which I am a citizen (Italy and Malta), where the media situation is an absolute disaster.

In an emergency situation, it is difficult to imagine that Germany will not prefer approval to the disaster of an Italian or Spanish default.

However, in neighboring Haiti, where the epicenter was located, the situation was total disaster as the earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck.

The commission was to control the situation, and to ensure that serious measures were taken, particularly in regard to people s health in the disaster zone.

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

Disaster beckoned.

Disaster preparedness

Disaster response

Disaster recovery

Disaster Relief

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

Disaster and Development

(f) Disaster management

Blair s EU disaster

Global Disaster Recovery

Disaster risk reduction

for Disaster Reduction

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.

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.

Bush s Second Gulf Disaster

C. Post disaster recovery

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,

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

How Effective is Disaster Relief?

When disaster strikes, we act.

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

Disaster and development induced displacement

World Conference on Disaster Reduction

World Conference on Disaster Reduction

H. Women and Disaster Situations

World Conference on Disaster Reduction

We recognize that the international community has accumulated much experience with disaster risk reduction through the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and the succeeding International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

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