Billions of dollars have been committed for assistance to the affected communities.

The lack of revenue will limit the resources of the affected communities and states for years to come.

Despite these valiant international efforts, there should be no illusion as to how long it will take to rebuild affected communities.

No major outbreaks of communicable disease occurred, and affected communities received the necessary food and other support.

We must make sure that immediate humanitarian aid can reach all the affected communities, many of which now are displaced.

It is our hope that, in a few days, relief and rescue experts from Colombia will be on the ground in affected communities in the United States.

12. Proclaims the third decade after the Chernobyl disaster, 2006 2016, the Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions, to be focused on achieving the goal of a return to normal life for the affected communities as far as is possible within that time frame

The Group notes that militia elements are still dispersed among certain local populations and may continue to recruit from affected communities.

In emergency situations, assistance will be extended to affected communities (refugees and non refugees) as a temporary measure and as donor support allows.

Australia's assistance to victims of the tsunami disaster has been immediate, generous, closely coordinated with the national capacities in the tsunami affected communities, and targeted to priority needs.

That would involve effective coordination among the Governments of affected countries, relevant bodies of the United Nations system, donor countries, regional and international financial institutions, civil society and the private sector in ensuring equity of assistance among the affected communities.

He noted that the system had been able to provide massive relief to all tsunami affected communities in the Indian Ocean in the course of a few weeks.

3. Notes the emphasis placed on the development of mechanisms to facilitate the local management of humanitarian emergencies, through the organization and participatory involvement and empowerment of affected communities and the training of the members of local volunteer corps

These systems should consist of basic communication chains that can best ensure that the warning is received, communicated and acted upon by the affected communities.

In that regard, partnership and close consultation with affected communities and the early delivery of a peace dividend to consolidate ongoing community support are vital.

The system was able to provide massive relief to all tsunami affected communities in the Indian Ocean, against all odds, in the course of a few weeks.

It has been suggested that a mission should be conducted to investigate the allegations received, with a view to preventing irreversible damage from the instances of violence reported by the communities affected and by human rights organizations.

Chernobyl affected communities have struggled to cope with the broader economic, political and social changes that have occurred in the region during the transition period that followed the dissolution of the former Soviet Union in 1991.

In addition, the United Nations political and peacekeeping missions in the subregion, working in collaboration with local civil society groups, regularly promote messages of peace to the affected communities.

A survey by Agência Pública and the website Eco reveals problems with environmental impact studies, a lack of dialogue with the affected communities, and abuses against workers involved in the public works financed by the bank.

Training and public information campaigns have been conducted among the residents of communities affected by the Chernobyl accident on ways to produce quality foodstuffs on their private household plots and other crucial issues.

In studying and analysing the issue of discrimination based on work and descent, the authors have found the usefulness and importance of cooperation with, and input from, Governments, United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, non governmental organizations and, in particular, the affected communities.

The Committee urges that the ongoing efforts be used as a window of opportunity to ensure that the promotion of gender equality is a central pillar in the reconstruction and development of the affected communities and that a gender perspective is integrated in all humanitarian efforts.

Recognizing that local integration needs to be undertaken in a manner that sustains the viability of local communities affected by the presence of refugees and that a failure to do so may result in an unreasonable burden being placed on host countries,

E. Which are the affected States?

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

Regrettably, the international community continued to favour high profile emergencies at the expense of less visible disasters that were far from the media or political spotlight, and where the brunt of the response and recovery effort was borne by the affected communities and countries.

Other countries affected include Pakistan, Iran, and Mexico.

Work on supplying gas to the affected areas is in progress.

As a first step, cash donations were made to the countries affected.

The World Bank has addressed the unique needs of conflict affected countries in several of its country assistance strategies.

(e) The increasingly serious impact on United Nations field operations of major acts against the security of its staff, coupled with repeated large scale challenges for all United Nations agencies to deliver on their commitments to emergency affected populations

Gaza residents clean after an Israeli bombing.

Community Development

Furthermore, sensation is usually impaired in affected areas.

LADA Dryland Degradation Assessment Project

The paramount challenge for the affected communities is always rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Italy

An assessment should be made of the likely impact of the cooperation on the affected minorities.

Our institutions and the papal representatives present in the affected countries went into action immediately.

How can we overcome the role that vested interests may be playing in setting a global health agenda that fails to address key drivers of disease? Perhaps one answer lies in listening more to the communities directly affected by major health conditions.

The great outpouring of international support for relief to countries affected by the tsunami was unprecedented in its scale and served to alleviate the human and economic costs to affected developing countries.

Community capacity building

Community capacity building

(ii) Community relief