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,

Natural hazards cannot be prevented, but damage caused by hazards can be prevented and avoided by proper preparedness, response and mitigation efforts.

Special communiqué on the damage caused by Hurricane Stan

Special communiqué on the damage caused by Hurricane Stan

As a result, human fatalities from disasters have been vastly reduced.

The recent tragic earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean was referred to as the most recent and destructive example of the impact of natural disasters.

(a) Risk of causing significant transboundary harm includes risks taking the form of a high probability of causing significant transboundary harm and a low probability of causing disastrous transboundary harm

But the calamities of terrorism, if allowed, will be as devastating as natural disasters.

But they afflict the poor more disastrously than any other group.

Unsustainable development patterns can generate new disaster risks.

These disasters have caused immeasurable devastation and taken a heavy toll in terms of human lives and property.

(o) Analyse the causes of, and address solutions to, threats to forest health and vitality from natural disasters and human activities, including threats from fire, pollution, pests, disease and invasive alien species

Natural disasters have also had a destructive impact of exceptional scale.

The devastation caused by natural disasters affects all countries, rich and poor alike.

26. On the continents, El Niño had been causing severe floodings and weather related damages in Latin America and drought in Asia, as in the 1982 1983 El Niño.

We can also see the devastation and destruction caused by natural disasters.

Ironically, it also has the power to cause disasters.

The trauma caused by this disaster cannot be overestimated.

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,

An estimated 100 billion worth of property damage also occurred.

Natural disasters and conflict also affected cities negatively.

The world has witnessed natural disasters of growing magnitude over the past few years, which have resulted in heavy losses of life and serious damage to the environment and to biodiversity, and subsequent long term damage to the affected areas.

In view of the escalating cost of disasters, the current response oriented approach must be replaced by prevention and mitigation activities.

Natural disasters create huge setbacks, thus negating development gains for developing countries.

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.

Chronic disasters such as health epidemics, drought and famine continued to take a heavy toll on the populations of developing countries.

. Natural disasters have direct economic costs amounting to billions of United States dollars per year.

Natural disasters do not distinguish between rich and poor countries, and the human misery and suffering caused are the same.

The majority of the world's displaced persons were refugees who had fled from natural disasters rather than conflicts.

The country is also vulnerable to natural disasters and had water contamination problems following recent volcanic activity.

Emphasizing that disaster risk reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

In recent years, the frequency and magnitude of major disasters, whether of a natural, technological or ecological origin, have made the world community aware of the immense loss of human life and economic resources that are regularly caused by such calamities.

No single organization can tackle the increasing challenges posed by disasters.

The extensive list of sponsors is a demonstration of our solidarity as we stand together against the tragedies caused by such natural disasters and of our shared commitment to withstand their impact by a united force of the peoples of the United Nations.

The frequency and recurring devastation of natural disasters gravely concerns civil society.

3 Risk the probability of harmful consequences, or expected losses (deaths, injuries, property, livelihoods, economic activity disrupted or environment damaged) resulting from interactions between natural or human induced hazards and vulnerable conditions (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction definition).

In recent years, there has been massive damage to Caribbean countries through natural hazards.

In the past two years, we have witnessed natural disasters that have caused great losses of life and the destruction of infrastructure.

The recent tsunami, caused by an earthquake, was an unprecedented natural disaster with extensive and devastating effects.

We are convinced that disasters seriously undermine the results of development investments in a very short time, and therefore, remain a major impediment to sustainable development and poverty eradication.

They also suffered the consequences of being vulnerable to natural catastrophes.

Expressing concern over the medium and long term social, economic and environmental impacts of the disaster on the affected States,

Noting the enormous effort that will be required to rebuild the affected areas and to alleviate the grave situation wreaked by these natural hazards,

During heavy rains in February 2005, Israeli soldiers refused to open drainage pipes in Qalqiliya, causing severe flood damage to homes, greenhouses and crops in several nearby villages.

Expressing its concern about the adverse impact on the realization of the right to food caused by many humanitarian emergencies, including plagues and natural disasters,