Disaster response

C. Regional disaster response preparedness activities

It is recommended that Governments of disaster prone countries include the utilization of the UNDAC team in their national response plans and disaster response exercises.

Emergency response, information technology, disaster recovery and business continuity

(iii) A regional instrument on disaster management and emergency response

The United Nations system's role in disaster reduction and response

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

Information and telecommunication technology plays a key role in disaster response.

Recognizing the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

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

They should also include this issue in their national disaster response plans.

Briefing on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami disaster

Recognizing also the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

It provides us with an important opportunity to stress the priority that must be given to disaster preparedness and disaster response, together.

(b) The role of the United Nations system in disaster reduction and response

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

Panel discussion on Jewish response to disaster relief (sponsored by the United States Mission)

It is an agreement that facilitates response and disaster reduction activities in the region.

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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.

Recognizing the significant role played by national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in disaster preparedness and risk reduction, disaster response, rehabilitation and development,

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The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development has taken the lead in disaster response management.

(c) Increased participation in training seminars on disaster management, improved field and regional cooperation in disaster management and increased donor response to inter agency appeals.

Noting the critical role played by local resources, and by existing in country capacities, in natural disaster management and risk reduction, disaster response, rehabilitation and development,

His Government had also invited the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team to evaluate Mongolia's disaster response system and currently had many recommendations that would enable it to strengthen its disaster management capacity.

13. Notes that the Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities, including the Directory of Advanced Technologies for Disaster Response, has the potential to support planning preparedness and response activities, and requests the Secretary General to propose options to enhance its relevance

The level of involvement of regional organizations in disaster response has so far been mixed, however.

These actors are best placed to recognize and address disaster risk accumulation in their own environment, and represent the first line of response in case of disaster.

The disaster response mechanisms developed jointly by the Government and UNAMA have grown increasingly effective in collecting information on and facilitating the response to humanitarian crises.

This unprecedented devastation needs unprecedented global response in assisting the national Governments to cope with such disaster.

17. Stresses the need to ensure close links, as set out in resolution 54 219, between disaster prevention activities and the improvement of natural disaster preparedness and response

Regional organizations in disaster prone regions can play an important role in disaster response, as they have unparalleled knowledge of local conditions and prior relationships with national decision makers.

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

19. Requests the Secretary General, in collaboration with relevant organizations and partners, to continue progress on compiling a directory of disaster mitigation capacity at the national, regional and international levels as well as the Directory of Advanced Technologies for Disaster Response as a new part of the Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities www.reliefweb.int ocha_ol programs response register.html.

17. 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

The international community should therefore make it a priority to strengthen the response capacity of disaster prone countries.

More than 50 countries and disaster response organizations from all regions of the world participated in the exercises.

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

A number of delegations provided details about their response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, including financial support.

20. Requests the Secretary General, in collaboration with relevant organizations and partners, to finalize establishment of, and then update periodically, the Directory of Advanced Technologies for Disaster Response as a new part of the Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities Available from www.reliefweb.int ocha_ol programs response register.html.

Noting the critical role played by local rescuers in natural disaster response as well as existing in country capacities,

While some organizations have developed disaster response mechanisms, others have not paid much attention to disasters affecting their region.

The challenge to us all is to sustain our response and our commitment in the aftermath of a disaster.

Australia commends and strongly supports the leadership role that affected countries have played in the response to this disaster.