First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

Space technology offered tremendous potential for assisting in disaster response and mitigation.

These crises have also highlighted the undeniable need to prioritize disaster management and mitigation.

Shifting from emergency disaster response to more proactive disaster prevention, risk reduction and mitigation will, in our view, be the key to success.

That was a national mission, integrating space applications along with other relevant information for disaster warning, disaster mitigation and efficient management of hazardous events.

Relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should strengthen the capacity of disaster prone countries in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and post disaster recovery within a disaster risk reduction framework, by supporting relevant initiatives in this field.

(i) Paragraph (a) should read Increased capacity of developing countries for preparedness in disaster prevention and mitigation.

(a) Support the decision of ASEAN to establish regional mechanisms on disaster prevention and mitigation, inter alia

Thirdly, there is continuing need to develop and strengthen national and regional capacity in disaster management and mitigation.

The funding was predominantly for reconstruction and disaster mitigation activities at the country level from a variety of donors.

We fully support efforts in the area of natural disaster mitigation, especially in the light of recent global trends.

Disaster risk mitigation and preparedness are integral to the planning of human settlements in countries prone to natural disasters.

(a) More effective integration of disaster risk considerations into sustainable development policies, planning and programming at all levels, with special emphasis on disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness and vulnerability reduction

Palu and Donggala have been hit by tsunamis several times in the past 100 years, according to Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency.

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

IFRC contributed to the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction through increased preparedness, response activities, small scale mitigation, education, advocacy and partnerships.

In addition to disaster preparedness and mitigation, Kyrgyzstan supports initiatives on the creation of a worldwide early warning system for natural disasters.

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

They called for the international community to support appropriate initiatives and mechanisms for strengthening national and regional capabilities for natural disaster prediction, prevention, and mitigation, as well as post disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation.

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

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

(i) Paragraph (a) should read Increase in the number of developing countries having the technical capacity to deal with disaster prevention and mitigation.

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

We are also grateful to those countries that have taken concrete steps in disaster mitigation and are working with CARICOM in that regard.

Recalling that the Inter Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction has been serving as the main forum within the United Nations system for devising strategies and policies for disaster reduction and ensuring complementarity of action by agencies involved in disaster reduction, mitigation and preparedness,

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

Specifically, the 57th WMO Executive Council approved an organization wide coordination framework and a detailed implementation plan for the multihazard approach of the organization to disaster reduction, led by its Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programme.

23. Decides to maintain the annual observance of the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on the second Wednesday of October, as a vehicle to promote a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including prevention, mitigation and preparedness

In the future, global mobile communications systems, such as the many planned low Earth orbit (LEO) systems, will greatly enhance the disaster mitigation efforts of relief organizations.

The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, currently ratified by 31 States, entered into force on 8 January 2005.

18. Encourages Governments in natural disaster prone countries to establish, with the support of the international community, in particular the donors, national spatial information infrastructures relating to natural disaster preparedness, early warning, response and mitigation, including the necessary training of personnel

The Subcommittee agreed that work should continue on the establishment of a global system to manage natural disaster mitigation, relief and prevention, as recommended in the Vienna Declaration.

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.

If 2005 has taught the world anything, it is that disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness must be an even higher priority and must be integrated into development planning.

The concept of security should encompass not only war between States, terrorism and violence within states but also poverty, infectious diseases, environmental degradation and disaster prevention and mitigation.

20. Requests the Secretary General, in collaboration with relevant organization partners, to continue progress on compiling a directory of disaster mitigation capacity existing at the national, regional and international levels and developing the Directory of Advanced Technologies for Disaster Response as a new part of the Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities

Specific technical assistance provided by UN Habitat has included training and capacity building for ministries and line agencies in charge of disaster prevention and management identification of disaster prone areas and formulation of mitigation strategies rapid response to post disaster and post conflict situations and sustained technical assistance to post conflict reconstruction efforts.

The World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe (Hyogo, Japan) from 18 to 22 January 2005, represents a landmark in worldwide understanding of the need to implement a disaster reduction agenda in a comprehensive manner, covering prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

The strategic plan (2004 2007) is to protect livelihoods in crisis situations and enhance resilience to shocks by creating assets, by disaster mitigation and by enabling more sustainable livelihoods.

In that regard, they committed themselves, with the necessary support of the international community, to strengthen the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and related small island developing State regional mechanisms and facilities to improve national disaster mitigation, preparedness and early warning capacity, among other measures.

Remote sensing satellites were useful in formulating disaster mitigation measures and in monitoring, and could assist in risk analyses by promoting understanding of the processes that led to natural disasters.

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,

It is essential to focus on the local level, helping communities and local governments to take simple disaster mitigation measures and put elementary early warning and evacuation systems into place.

The ultimate goal is to help countries to establish technical capacities in disaster management, including risk assessment, mitigation, early warning and response communication systems in a more cost effective manner.

19. Takes note with interest of the initiatives taken by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme for the establishment of regional positions of disaster response advisers and disaster reduction advisers to assist developing countries in capacity building for disaster prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response in a coordinated and complementary manner