Disaster risks, hazards, and their impacts pose a threat, but they also generate action to reduce the severity of future events.

Recognising the importance of disaster preparedness and management for mitigating the impacts of natural calamities and the need for continued efforts by the international community to enhance awareness in this regard.

However, 55.9 per cent of respondents (more than half) still feel not enough has been done to prepare for the next disaster.

The recent earthquake and tsunami triggered a debate on the need for the establishment of regional early warning mechanisms for disaster prevention, development and the strengthening of response preparedness, mitigation and contingency planning, as well as measures to prepare communities for future disasters.

Aware of the high vulnerability of Afghanistan to natural disasters, in particular drought or flooding, and emphasizing the need to prepare the population for extreme climate conditions through, for example, winterization measures,

(iii) Implementation of an integrated, space based global natural disaster management system

However, we are far from powerless to prepare for and mitigate the impact of disasters.

We believe it is urgent to implement the decision of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to establish a regional mechanism for disaster prevention and preparation in order to mitigate the effects of disasters.

(e) Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels.

Emphasizing the responsibility of all States to undertake disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts in order to minimize the impact of disasters,

The trouble is that few outsiders seem to be listening, much less preparing to confront the eventual limits of central bank effectiveness.

Another priority for investment is the establishment of effective early warning systems for natural disasters in developing countries.

The Government of Afghanistan has set up a disaster relief committee to coordinate the humanitarian response to these emergencies.

The Government's response lays out a plan for working with service providers to meet specific community needs.

Urges Governments, in planning for disaster preparedness and responding to natural disasters, to integrate a gender perspective as well as to ensure that women take an active and equal role in all phases of disaster management

Strengthening community level capacities to address disasters is especially needed, considering that appropriate disaster reduction measures enable the community and individuals to reduce their vulnerability to disasters.

He claims that every dollar invested in preparing for natural disasters saves ten dollars in future damage.

Different types of measures can be included in disaster recovery plan (DRP).

In the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, we committed ourselves to an integrated, multi hazard and inclusive approach, especially in the strengthening of early warning systems and the need to enhance institutional capacities to address vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management.

It sometimes seems that the only eurozone leader who is willing to face the likely prospect of future debt restructuring is German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is seeking to codify the laws relating to natural disasters in the international disaster response law project.

3. Takes note of the launching by the Government of Mozambique of the national contingency plan for natural disasters to improve disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness and management, and invites the international community to support this initiative

In my assessment of the ICT control environment I reported that ICT policies had not been formalised and that a disaster recovery and business continuity plan had not been developed.

An information and communication technology emergency preparedness plan was developed by the Information Systems Division in November 2002.

Recognizing national and regional efforts to undertake disaster preparedness, response and mitigation efforts to minimize the impact of natural disasters, and reiterating the responsibility of all States in that regard,

Stressing the importance of advancing the implementation of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development ( Johannesburg Plan of Implementation ), in particular on vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management,

Recognizing the extreme vulnerability of the poorest sectors of the population, in particular women and children, and the inadequacy of existing local and national institutions to deal with recurrent natural disasters,

In 2003 the Government of Norway launched a National Action Plan related to Human Trafficking to meet the challenges related to trafficking, both nationally and globally.

The trouble is that few outsiders seem to be listening, much less preparing to confront the eventual limits of central bank effectiveness. As a result, they risk aggravating the potential challenges.

Emphasizing the importance of continued international cooperation in support of the efforts of affected States in dealing with natural disasters and complex emergencies in all their phases,

In this context, we believe that the communities themselves, the most vulnerable in Africa, must be included in the development platforms of their countries, especially in the fields of public health and disaster preparedness.

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Supporting the efforts of countries, in particular developing countries, to strengthen their capacities at all levels in order to prepare for and respond rapidly to natural disasters and mitigate their impact

Unless more determined efforts are made to address the loss of lives, livelihoods and infrastructure, disasters will become an increasingly serious obstacle to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

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Recognizing, in this regard, the Guidelines developed by the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group, as a flexible and helpful reference tool for disaster preparedness and response efforts,

Emphasizing the importance of establishing a partnership, upon the request and with the leadership of the country concerned, involving donor countries and regional and international financial institutions as well as the private sector and civil society, to support the respective national rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes of the affected countries,

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

7. Encourages the strengthening of cooperation among States at the regional and subregional levels in the field of disaster preparedness and response, with particular respect to capacity building at all levels

Emergency Preparedness and Response

(iv) Emergency preparedness

A business continuity plan (BCP) includes planning for non IT related aspects such as key personnel, facilities, crisis communication and reputation protection, and should refer to the disaster recovery plan (DRP) for IT related infrastructure recovery continuity.

The secretariat is constituted of representatives of relevant ministries and institutions, which are in the process of preparing a 10 year plan of action to achieve disaster risk reduction.

That had led to the preparation of a regional disaster reduction plan, and the Governments of the region had planned their relevant policies, priorities and actions within its framework.

The world will need more cooperation in the coming years, as climate change begins to interact with and exacerbate extreme weather events, in order to gain the lead time needed to prepare for disasters.