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.

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C. Actions to enhance disaster preparedness

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,

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.

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

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

(k) Measures and arrangements for effectively addressing the region apos s disaster preparedness

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,

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,

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.

Preparations for disasters are best based on lessons from the past.

There is a need to enhance the indigenous capabilities of Member States to face natural disasters effectively.

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

The Conference discussed regional military training, peace keeping and disaster preparedness, among other issues.

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.

And we've been flying into disaster areas since this past January, setting up software, training residents and licensing the software to areas that are preparing for disasters.

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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

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I will head out first, I'll get the car ready.

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.

The leadership of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in coordinating system wide response to national and environmental disasters, is defined by the Hyogo Framework for Action.

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).

(i) Provision of assistance for the continued development of national disaster plans that include refugee components for southern Africa and other regions

Preparing for the Unknown Unknowns

Your Highness, you need to prepare to leave.

We shall work in groups to produce a District Disaster Management plan

It is of paramount importance to invest in disaster risk reduction, and my delegation strongly believes that adequate funding must be provided in this area in order to enable the most vulnerable to be better prepared and build resilience against natural disasters.

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.

He said the Conference had aimed at constructing a guiding framework for disaster reduction and drew attention to the outcome of the conference, known as the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015 Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters.

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.

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

Emergency Preparedness and Response

(iv) Emergency preparedness

I was ready.