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Because of the global scope of the disaster, particular attention and special assistance to the countries concerned was required to deal with its consequences.

(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.

Mobile satellite services would seem to be the most effective in disaster relief, since they were the most resistant to the effects of disasters.

They are also most vulnerable to natural disasters.

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The disaster affected all alike large and small, strong and weak, rich and poor.

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When disaster struck, the most vulnerable segments of society were the ones most affected.

39. All that had had a devastating effect on African children.

These disasters affect the people of Iraq indiscriminately.

The magnitude of the catastrophe requires a commensurate response from the global community.

No catastrophic earthquake or tsunami has destroyed southern Europe s productive capacity. What we are witnessing and what is now affecting the whole world is a man made disaster that can be stopped and reversed by a coordinated policy response.

(a) Space technology applications for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters

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

Mr. Kanu (Sierra Leone) said that, given the potentially disastrous effect of sanctions, they should be imposed only as a last resort.

We are concerned about the medium and long term social, economic and environmental consequences of the disaster in the affected countries. The international community's commitment must be sustained.

(a) The integration of disaster reduction strategies into the national development processes of those countries most significantly affected by natural and similar hazards

The UNDP, and the wider UN system, is supporting governments as they place greater emphasis on disaster risk reduction, including preparedness, by strengthening their institutional capacity to plan and act when needed. In addition to assisting with emergency relief, it is crucial that the international community help to introduce basic procedures for responding long before disaster strikes.

Mindful of the effects that shortfalls in resources can have on the preparedness for and response to natural disasters,

30. Liberia outlined the devastating effects of the civil war experienced since 1989.

2 The effects of natural disasters are difficult to predict or prevent through remedial measures.

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

Disaster risk reduction, peace building, and conflict prevention were, therefore, as important before, during and after a disaster.

Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which had a serious political impact and changed attitudes to nuclear energy all over the world.

The Committee notes that 20 per cent of the national budget has to be devoted to alleviating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, and its particularly harsh effects on children.

Emphasize the importance of regional cooperation and coordination in disaster reduction to effectively address the impact of natural disasters

As we all know, the disaster has had an impact on many States and nationalities throughout the world.

It is that we can't always know. When we know of an impending disaster, and how to solve it at a cost less than the cost of the disaster itself, then there's not going to be much argument, really.

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They have demonstrated solidarity and cooperation by trying to cope with the disaster.

Which catastrophe would be covered by the study has not yet been determined.

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

Major impediments to sustained growth are disasters, which often result in an affected country shifting its economic policies to sustain the energy required to cope with disaster response and subsequent reconstruction.

The impact of the disaster and the response to it are detailed in the report of the Secretary General on the strengthening of emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, recovery and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (A 60 86 E 2005 77).

It's a catastrophe.

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Scripts like these are insurance policies against disaster.

The armed conflict in Liberia has had a devastating effect on the education sector.

Another comment of Esther's was that we react when there's a tragedy like Haiti, but that tragedy is ongoing.

Until recently, the record on evaluating responses to humanitarian emergencies has been patchy at best. CARE, as both a relief and development agency, can take a long term approach to disasters, matching emergency relief with a rehabilitation and recovery phase.

A sustained, coordinated response is needed if we are to avoid an ignoble disaster fatigue that treats a natural disaster in one country as a momentary distraction from normalcy, as television images determine, until the next one arrives.

Catastrophes that we can avert are not as interesting as ones we could avert.

nature's destructive potential. We believe that this experience should serve to strengthen the spirit of cooperation, partnership and joint efforts in disaster prevention and relief operations based on human solidarity and common purpose.