This is the second disaster within a period of three months that has hit Indonesia.

Impact of disasters on development

Indeed, the number of major natural disasters in the past decade had been four times as high as that in the 1960s.

To intensify cooperation to reduce the number and effects of natural and man made disasters.

The growing magnitude of the negative effects of natural disasters requires the strengthening of national prevention, mitigation and preparation activities and the implementation of the outcome of the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held this year in Japan.

Subprogramme 20.3 Natural disaster reduction

Draft resolution II Natural disasters and vulnerability

The twentieth summit meeting of the Presidents was to be devoted to the Central American region s vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change.

Current status of the use of space technology for disaster management

Since it had become operational in November 2000, it had been activated over 80 times, in response to both natural and man made disasters.

Since then, 13 more such disasters have occurred.

For and the second on preventing and managing natural disasters read and the second, to be held in Algeria, on preventing and managing natural disasters

(a) Provide detailed, near real time information on disasters to enable effective deployment of rescue and fire fighting services to suppress or reduce potential secondary disasters to the minimum

Natural and environmental disasters

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

Monitoring of man made and natural disasters

Four presentations were made on global initiatives such as DMC and the International Charter Space and Major Disasters .

There were five presentation sessions on the following hazards geo hazard risks forest and bush fires floods drought, desertification and land degradation and entomological risks.

II. Disaster reduction activities prior to United Nations reform

58 215 Natural disasters and vulnerability (subprogrammes 1, 3 and 5)

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54. Some countries are struck by recurrent disasters of great magnitude.

(c) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Second Committee (A 60 488 Add.3)

(c) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Second Committee (A 60 488 Add.3)

Five presentations were made on cutting edge solutions for disaster management.

Before 1987, only one disaster had exceeded US 1 billion in insured losses.

The Second World War brought terrible experiences to many nations.

Disasters associated with natural hazards and vulnerability a development challenge

The Chinese Government pledged 2.6 million in assistance the very next day.

Disasters invariably divert funds from development programmes to emergency relief and recovery, and the Indian Ocean tsunami highlighted once again the need for integration of disaster planning in development programmes, including the building of local capacities for disaster preparedness and response.

Disasters invariably divert funds from development programmes to emergency relief and recovery and the tsunami of 2004 highlighted once again the need for integration of disaster planning into development programmes, including the building of local capacity for disaster preparedness and response.

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary General on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction,A 59 228. in particular section II, on natural disasters and vulnerability

Finally, this meeting coincides with the opening of the World Conference on Disaster Prevention in Kobe.

7. In the latter half of 1997, Somalia suffered the recurrence of localized natural disasters.

Currently, it was focusing on natural, rather than man made disasters.

Natural calamity.

Disaster control

They have reminded the international community of the vulnerability of many parts of the world to both natural and human created environmental disasters.

No continent has fully escaped the effects of that violent natural phenomenon, although countries in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asian region have been particularly hard hit.

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

Noting also that the Caribbean region is the second most hazard prone region in the world and is frequently exposed to devastating hazards including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions,

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

Takes note of the report of the Secretary General on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in particular section II, entitled Disasters associated with natural hazards and vulnerability development challenge

We are happy to note that in the South Asia region, which has experienced two of the world's worst natural disasters in a matter of ten months, the thirteenth summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which concluded yesterday in Dhaka, highlighted the importance of cooperating in disaster preparedness and disaster management and decided to establish a regional disaster management centre in India.

The network will facilitate the exchange of information on research and training activities as well as direct experiences in disaster risk management and mitigation among researchers and disaster managers.