Australia, as a country that itself is prone to natural disasters, is acutely aware of the threat they pose and of the importance of disaster mitigation and preparedness.

Currently, it was focusing on natural, rather than man made disasters.

Particular attention should be given to establishing an international early warning and threat reduction system for natural disasters and for reducing the danger they pose.

In the meantime, an operational monitoring and assessment system on major natural disasters has been set up which is able to carry out real time monitoring on an instant basis in case of major natural disasters of floods, contributing to disaster mitigation and relief and minimization of damages by providing relevant data on disasters.

Natural and environmental disasters

Indeed, the number of major natural disasters in the past decade had been four times as high as that in the 1960s.

In the area of combating natural disasters, a remote sensing system for monitoring and assessing major natural disasters, focusing on flood and drought control has been set up. An aerial remote sensing real time transmission system has been developed, thus making it possible to transmit real time images of disaster stricken areas.

Natural calamity.

Monitoring of man made and natural disasters

Those disasters have reminded us all of the vulnerability of human life to natural disasters and also of the disproportionate effects they have on poor people.

Natural disasters are among the major obstacles to sustainable socio economic development in my country.

IV. Natural disasters

No continent has fully escaped the effects of that violent natural phenomenon, although countries in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asian region have been particularly hard hit.

Noting the enormous effort that will be required to rebuild the affected areas and to alleviate the grave situation wreaked by these natural hazards,

Establishing regional mechanisms on surveillance, prevention and assessment of severe natural disasters

Mass exoduses caused by natural disasters

155. Humanitarian assistance is essential for the victims of natural disasters and other emergencies, including major technological and man made disasters.

Recognizing that natural disasters constitute one of the major problems for the development of Mozambique,

We Indonesians know too well the enormous suffering that a natural catastrophe can bring.

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In addition, there is the perennial danger of natural disasters, which have destroyed or damaged substantial portions of the housing stock in the past.

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The incidence and severity of disasters associated with natural hazards continues to increase.

Charter on Cooperation to Achieve the Coordinated Use of Space Facilities in the Event of Natural or Technological Disasters ( the International Charter Space and Major Disasters' )

While we cannot prevent natural disasters, today we have the wherewithal to mitigate their effects.

Natural disasters know no boundaries.

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Safety aspects and natural disaster reduction

25. Stresses the need to address risk reduction of and vulnerabilities to all natural hazards, including geological and hydrometeorological hazards, in a comprehensive manner

26. Stresses the need to address risk reduction of and vulnerabilities to all natural hazards, including geological and hydrometeorological hazards, in a comprehensive manner

Natural disasters have also had a destructive impact of exceptional scale.

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Greater knowledge and understanding among the general public about natural disasters is also important and needs to be reinforced.

Given the degree to which natural disasters have disrupted development efforts, UNDP intensified its efforts in 2005 to build national capacity for natural disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, drawing on lessons from the Asian tsunami and other natural disasters.

The incidence and severity of disasters associated with natural hazards continue to increase.

Their disastrous effects, however, can be lessened significantly if well conceived disaster response plans and mitigation strategies are in place prior to their occurrence.

That paragraph dealt with the vulnerability of Caribbean countries to the increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters.

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Seriously concerned about the devastating impact of disasters,The term disasters refers to natural or technological disasters. causing the loss of lives and property, displacing people from their homes and destroying their livelihoods, and causing tremendous damage to societies around the world,

They adversely affect, in no insignificant way, our fight against poverty, hunger and disease.

The world has witnessed natural disasters of growing magnitude over the past few years, which have resulted in heavy losses of life and serious damage to the environment and to biodiversity, and subsequent long term damage to the affected areas.

23. The UNU project on Natural Disaster Risk Management places natural disaster management within the context of sustainable development.

Emphasizing also the importance of international cooperation in support of the efforts of the affected States in dealing with natural disasters in all their phases, including prevention, preparedness, mitigation and recovery and reconstruction, and of strengthening the response capacity of affected countries,

Emphasizing also the importance of international cooperation in support of the efforts of the affected States in dealing with natural disasters in all their phases, including prevention, preparedness, mitigation and recovery and reconstruction, and of strengthening the response capacity of affected countries,