Protectionism normally thrives in times of economic peril.

My country fully supports the establishment of a worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards.

A façade of normalcy cannot withstand the real dangers threatening the foundations of European societies.

Developed by WFP on behalf of the Inter Agency Standing Committee, the website provides easy public access to early warning analysis and forecasts on a variety of natural hazards.

Natural hazard risks were planned for in Bangladesh, Iran, Madagascar, Mozambique, the Sahel Countries, Tajikistan and Timor Leste.

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Natural disasters present particular challenges for the fulfilment of national responsibility as regards protection in the context of displacement.

(o) Analyse the causes of, and address solutions to, threats to forest health and vitality from natural disasters and human activities, including threats from fire, pollution, pests, disease and invasive alien species

Concerning persons internally displaced by natural disasters, there was also a need for conceptual clarification concerning their assistance and protection needs.

But the risks that seaside reactors like Fukushima face from natural disasters are well known.

For the time being, however, the protection framework for the victims of natural disasters is less well developed than the protection afforded to civilians affected by armed conflict.

Johnston felt scientists must do what is necessary, including taking risks, to help protect the public from natural disasters.

It was, therefore, her delegation's understanding that the draft optional protocol would apply only to natural disasters that actually produced a situation of exceptional risk.

The Risk and Disaster Management Programme provides local government, communities and business organizations with practical strategies for mitigating and recovering from conflicts and natural disasters.

The international community had become increasingly aware of the protection needs of the millions of human beings displaced by natural disasters.

This suggests that the findings and methodologies applied in the E RISC project bring added value to traditional sovereign risk analysis, by providing insights into relevant but currently unaccounted for parameters.

(m) Resolve to establish a worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards, building on existing national and regional capacity

The Puebla Panama Plan included a natural disaster prevention and mitigation initiative, which incorporated risk management considerations in projects in all sectors.

An adequate firewall and a European commitment to structural reform would go far toward calming markets and reducing the risks to any Chinese contribution.

We need to work expeditiously and with a sense of urgency towards the early establishment of a worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards.

7. Stresses that, in order to reduce vulnerability to natural hazards, risk assessments should be integrated into disaster risk reduction programmes at national and local levels

I was not arguing for protectionism, but rather sounding a cautionary note that we must be aware of the downside risks and be prepared to deal with them.

12. Stresses the need to address risk reduction of and vulnerabilities to all natural hazards including geological and hydrometeorological hazards

At the same time, it is increasingly obvious that any reform of risk models must factor in environmental implications and natural resource scarcity.

United Nations and associated personnel deployed in such circumstances were exposed to exactly the sort of risks against which the Convention aimed to provide protection.

Protection and management of ecosystems that provide water storage and coastal protection could also reduce risks and impacts from natural disasters, such as floods and tsunamis.

When I say guard against , I do not mean, of course, that we can prevent natural disasters but that we can at least reduce the risks to human life and property.

Natural hazard risk reduction is one of three agenda items of the upcoming First Inter American Meeting of Ministers and High Level Officials on Sustainable Development in 2005.

Companies' motives for investing abroad include access to markets, natural resources and strategic assets such as brand names and technology, as well as risk diversification and improving efficiency.

Recognizing that natural disasters are a cause of displacement and that the consequences of hazards can be prevented or substantially mitigated by integrating disaster risk reduction strategies into national development policies and programmes,

While many executives have traditionally underappreciated the risks from climate change and resource degradation, understanding water risk and acting to minimize it is just one way that businesses are starting to incorporate natural resource management into their core strategy and operations.

These health hazards range from deaths related to extreme high temperatures and natural disasters to a change in patterns of diseases that are sensitive to temperature and precipitation, such as malaria and dengue.

Establish, by 2006, a worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards, with regional nodes, building on existing national and regional capacity

AOSIS appreciates also the recommendation of the Secretary General on the establishment of a worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards, building on existing national and regional capacity.

His delegation therefore encouraged States, in practice, not to exclude the application of the draft protocol to operations undertaken in response to natural disasters whenever such risks existed.

In virtually all countries, there is a lack of understanding of the benefits of the use of space technologies in supporting risk reduction and disaster management activities, especially by disaster managers and civil protection agencies.

It is important that the Authority, while examining the reports submitted by contractors, continue the elaboration of rules, regulations and procedures to ensure the effective protection of the marine environment and the conservation of the natural resources of the Area.

My delegation hopes that, in a few years' time, it can look back upon the completion of the Decade and see that our world has become safer from violence and conflicts, from terrorist attacks and natural disasters and from other threats.

Among these hazards are the results of natural processes or phenomena of atmospheric, hydrological or oceanographic nature such as floods, tropical cyclones, drought and desertification.

In the light of the growing risks to the personnel concerned, Japan attached great importance to the expanded legal protection that a protocol would offer.

This superficial understanding of populism makes the French presidential election an ominous symptom of Europe s blind leadership.

Welcomes the proposal of Germany to host a third international early warning conference, covering the complete range of natural hazards, with a focus on the urgent implementation of early warning systems for hydro meteorological and geological hazards on a global scale

Clearly, the insured risks were a small part of the total risk.

The biggest challenge for the next government is to acknowledge the risks and dangers of the resource curse, and design a new, creative model to avoid it.

Natural science historically developed out of philosophy or, more specifically, natural philosophy.