This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

The Asian Disaster Reduction Centre is a specialized organization for disaster reduction based in Kobe, Japan.

Disaster relief is essentially a backwards political campaign.

Fearing that a great disaster is going to befall them.

Fearing that a great disaster is going to befall them.

Disaster management is a complex portfolio, and though most countries have an established national disaster management agency, the magnitude of the disaster is sometimes way beyond their capabilities hence the apparent state of paralysis which follows.

This doesn't mean that intervention around the world is a disaster.

The magician looked at me and said, This is a disaster.

It is a disaster unprecedented in the annals of human history.

And so, if you have that gene, and you see a lot of violence in a certain situation, this is the recipe for disaster, absolute disaster.

One is improvements in basic services especially health, which is a disaster during conflict.

How Effective is Disaster Relief?

The convening today of the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction is an opportunity to draw up a framework for a disaster reduction strategy for this century.

For all the disaster, there is an opportunity here to build better houses for the next generation, so that when the next earthquake hits, it is a disaster but not a tragedy.

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

Why do many people believe that India is still a growth disaster?

That was a disaster.

It is more than a tragedy it is a major disaster in every possible meaning of the word.

Sami's show was a disaster.

Secondly, our public health system, as we saw with anthrax, is a real disaster.

Although we should pay due attention to the post disaster situation, a multi hazard and well balanced approach to all phases of disaster management including preparedness, relief, rehabilitation and long term reconstruction is absolutely necessary if any comprehensive disaster risk management strategy is to be successful.

A detection and monitoring system for tsunamis is necessary but not sufficient to reduce a tsunami disaster.

The Maldives is the only country to have faced a nationwide disaster from the tsunami.

A Global Strategy for Disaster Risk

And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad) It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad) It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

There is a humanitarian situation which, owing to a natural disaster and man made causes, is extremely serious and getting worse.

(a) Ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and a local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation

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.

We need a comprehensive strategy to achieve such disaster management including early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans.

Recognizing that disaster risk reduction is a cross cutting issue in the context of sustainable development,

It is a vehicle for strengthening the financing of and support to disaster risk reduction globally.

Both meetings also focused on disaster management, with the ARF ministers reaching a common understanding on furthering regional cooperation. The ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance in Jakarta is expected to play a central role in building a disaster related information network across the region, and in developing concrete measures for disaster management.

GDOS is a modified version of WEDOS, which facilitates the location of disasters and is capable of repeatedly observing a disaster site.

Another aspect of this partnership is in disaster relief.

Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

At the beginning, it was a disaster.

A typical disaster story disease, corruption, poverty.

We have committed 425 million towards a comprehensive package of disaster relief measures for disaster victims and reconstruction assistance.

a) Integrate a gender perspective in post disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts and ensure that women take an active and equal role in all phases of disaster management and post disaster recovery and

Hardly a week goes by without a major disaster.

Disaster risk reduction lies at the nexus of development assistance, which seeks to advance better living conditions, and humanitarian aid, which begins after a disaster hits. Starting our international calendar with the Sendai meeting on disaster risk reduction sends a clear signal that the world is ready to integrate its strategies.

Emergency preparedness is a big deal in disaster recovery because it makes towns safer and more resilient.

Such a vote would be a recipe for disaster disaster for Security Council reform, for United Nations reform and for international peace and cooperation.

It was actually a terrible disaster for Princeton.