The Participatory Disaster Management Programme has helped to create public awareness and strengthen national disaster management capacities.

Natural disasters.

Fourthly, we have enhanced our capacity to better respond to, and manage, natural disasters.

Therefore, the Department of Humanitarian Affairs should continue to address natural disasters with the same sensitivity.

Natural and environmental disasters

G. Natural disasters . 34 35 10

Natural disaster management was a huge challenge for the countries concerned and the Subcommittee had therefore examined the possibility of creating an international space coordination entity for disaster management.

Emphasizing the importance of addressing vulnerability and integrating risk reduction into all phases of natural disaster management, post natural disaster recovery and development planning,

Given the recent succession of major disasters, his country wished to share its long experience in disaster management with other countries.

2. Natural and environmental disasters . 23 11

(a) Natural disasters, involving

(b) Coping with natural disasters

II. Natural and environmental disasters

Disasters may be natural.

It covers of course natural disasters.

Emphasizing the importance of addressing vulnerability and integrating risk reduction into all phases of natural disaster management, post natural disaster recovery and development planning,

Emphasizing the importance of addressing vulnerability and integrating risk reduction into all phases of natural disaster management, post natural disaster recovery and development planning,

Emphasizing the importance of addressing vulnerability and integrating risk reduction into all phases of natural disaster management, post natural disaster recovery and development planning,

(f) Disaster management

Draft resolution II Natural disasters and vulnerability

(iv) Natural disasters

The programme aims at strengthening national capacities to mitigate the impact of natural disasters through a region wide training programme in disaster management.

UNDP has an active role in the field of disaster management in a country that is particularly prone to natural disasters.

1. Disaster management team

Natural disasters know no boundaries.

World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction

INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION

WORLD CONFERENCE ON NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION

99 International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction note by the Secretary General (A 48 911)

(c) International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction .... 72

Section I International Decade for Natural Disaster

The draft programme also recommends that the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction give special recognition to small island developing States so that their unique characteristics will be taken into account in developing natural disaster reduction management programmes.

14. The Department of Humanitarian Affairs should continue to develop the United Nations Disaster Assistance Coordination stand by team, working closely with the Resident Coordinator and the Disaster Management Team, to assist Governments in the immediate survival phase of natural disasters.

Disaster management training programme

Where necessary, the Member States will identify a coordination body, authorized to organize interaction of disaster management and rescue services, and creation of a system of assistance in case of natural disasters and emergency situations.

The Committee noted the importance of understanding the global water cycle and rainfall in water resource management, food production and natural disaster management.

13. Number of deaths and damage caused by natural disasters in 1992 1993, as reported to the

(d) Management of natural resources.

60 196. Natural disasters and vulnerability

61 200. Natural disasters and vulnerability

58 215. Natural disasters and vulnerability

59 233. Natural disasters and vulnerability

Using space technologies for natural disaster management

The destructive forces of natural disasters have also affected our lives.