A disaster recovery plan has been developed. The plan is still to be submitted to the information technology steering committee for approval.

I have since confirmed the existence of a draft business continuity and disaster recovery plan.

The Board recommended that a copy of the disaster recovery plan be kept off site.

In paragraph 153, the Board reiterated its recommendation that UNRWA (a) develop, approve and promulgate a comprehensive disaster recovery plan and communicate it to all personnel and (b) test, review and update its disaster recovery plan regularly.

and the Yokohama Strategy and its Plan of Action as they relate to natural disaster reduction

As a result of the tsunami disaster, 2005 will be anomalous during the 2005 2009 plan period.

Consequently, the Regional Action Plan includes a framework for information, communication and space technology enabled disaster management.

WFP has, in consultation with the Government, formulated a contingency plan, identifying potential disaster scenarios, impact and response.

UNRWA recovery plans for most ICT systems exist but should be part of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.

UNRWA also agreed to develop and approve a comprehensive disaster recovery plan, communicate it to all personnel, and test, review and update the plan on a regular basis.

The disaster recovery plan is expected to be finalized in June 2005 and tested and deployed by December 2005.

(d) Initiating the process of the systematic development of a comprehensive national plan of action for disaster reduction management.

The establishment of a national disaster management plan was essential in order to provide a reference framework for all the agencies participating in risk management. The National Institute for Disaster Management should also be strengthened in order to enable it to transcend the emergency planning stage and embark on the task of coordination with a view to preparing a national disaster management plan.

The above mentioned issues will be addressed in the disaster recovery plan to be finalized in June 2005 (see para.

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,

(e) To increase the reliability and availability of appropriate disaster related information to the public and disaster management agencies in all regions, as set out in the relevant provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

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

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.

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,

66. He hoped that the International Decade for National Disaster Reduction would result in a more focused plan of action to mitigate the effects of such disasters and to assist disaster prone countries in the area of preparedness.

Stressing the importance of advancing the implementation of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and its relevant provisions on vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management,

Such analyses have been used by WFP and other United Nations entities to plan and implement relief operations, as well as disaster reduction activities.

The secretariat of the Decade had focused on implementing the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action adopted at the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, which, inter alia, called for a closer linkage between disaster reduction and sustainable development.

Following the devastating tsunami in December 2004, the issue of ICT knowledge based disaster management was included in regional discussions and the Regional Action Plan.

In paragraph 220 of the report, UNRWA agreed with the Board's recommendation that it implement adequate back up procedures as part of a disaster recovery plan.

The participants developed a common plan of action that focused on identifying limiting factors in the use of space technology for disaster management in the region.

That should be done within the framework of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and as part of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action.

European Commission activities in the field of disaster preparedness take full account of the recommendations of the Yokohama Plan of Action, agreed upon in the context of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.See quot Report of the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction (Yokohama, 23 27 May 1994) quot (A CONF.172 9), chap. 1, annex II.

An action plan for 1998 1999 has been initiated by the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction secretariat under the auspices of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to evaluate progress in disaster reduction policies over the past 10 years, identify trends for the twenty first century and shape future directions for international cooperation in disaster prevention.

Disaster.

Disaster.

Recognizing that the Hyogo Framework for Action complements the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action,

Recognizing that the Hyogo Framework for Action complements the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action,

Disaster preparedness

Disaster response

Disaster recovery

Disaster Relief

Diagonal Disaster

Disaster control

Why disaster?

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

Reaffirming the relevant provisions on science and technology for sustainable development and disaster reduction as recognized in Agenda 21, the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development ( Johannesburg Plan of Implementation ) and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015,

Reaffirming the relevant provisions on science and technology for sustainable development and disaster reduction as recognized in Agenda 21, the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development ( Johannesburg Plan of Implementation') and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015,

On the structural level, the Mozambican Government, which was responsible for disaster management, had established the National Institute for Disaster Management which had the task of contingency planning and coordination of emergency response at the technical level and which had drawn up a contingency relief plan.

quot Reaffirming its commitment to the full implementation of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation, and its Plan of Action, especially with regard to its call for international cooperation in the field of disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation,