Optimists see opportunities in disasters while pessimists find disasters in every opportunity.

The question was also raised regarding the rationale for excluding natural disasters but not other kinds of disasters, such as epidemics or man made disasters.

There is also a need to draw a distinction between natural disasters and terrorist disasters caused by man.

And occasionally, there are disasters.

Local Science for Large Disasters

Natural disasters know no boundaries.

We express our sincere condolences and sympathy to the victims of the disasters and uphold international solidarity against disasters.

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To fight disasters, we need determination.

Mass exoduses caused by natural disasters

Natural disasters make logistics even more complicated.

We must always be prepared for disasters.

A string of disasters struck the region.

Draft resolution on natural disasters and vulnerability

Such natural disasters occur suddenly, without warning.

The WFP is concerned with man made disasters and has provided guidelines for staff working in situations of natural disasters and refugee crises.

Therefore, we should focus more closely on promoting measures that increase countries' resilience after natural disasters and reduce the devastating consequences of those disasters.

They are also most vulnerable to natural disasters.

According to many Africa analysts, crises of governance, often coupled with natural disasters or pandemics, are the main root of humanitarian disasters on the continent.

Experience in dealing with the consequences of natural disasters of recent decades has demonstrated that poverty exacerbates the risk of devastation caused by 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,

Seriously concerned about the devastating impact of disasters,The term disasters refers to natural or technological disasters. which cause the loss of lives and property, displace people from their homes, destroy their livelihoods and cause tremendous damage to societies around the world, and deeply convinced of the urgent need for enhanced coordination efforts at the global level to reduce the impact of disasters,

Since then, the United Nations has been confronted with several world problems conflicts of varying kinds related to humanitarian disasters, natural disasters and, of course, terrorism.

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.

Disasters have a tremendous detrimental impact on efforts at all levels to eradicate global poverty the impact of disasters remains a significant challenge to sustainable development.

Most of it's about murder, corruption, diseases, natural disasters.

We are facing an unprecedented number, scale of disasters.

Arab coordination mechanism concerned with natural disasters and emergencies

Ironically, it also has the power to cause disasters.

Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters (Special, 2001)

Natural disasters in South Asia and in Central America

According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, the economic costs of disasters associated with natural hazards have increased fourteen fold since the 1950s.

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 risks and potential for disasters associated with natural hazards are largely shaped by prevailing levels of vulnerability and measures taken to prevent, mitigate and prepare for disasters.

Disasters associated with natural hazards and vulnerability a development challenge

We know that the future will bring more natural disasters.

We cannot remain idle, waiting for similar disasters to happen.

Whereas natural disasters included floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides and certain types of widely spreading infectious diseases, human induced disasters included explosions, armed conflicts, motor and aircraft accidents, chemical spills etc.

When you focus just on the disasters we're ignoring the potential.

Some successes can be reported following the most recent major disasters.