The above mentioned issues will be addressed in the disaster recovery plan to be finalized in June 2005 (see para.

It was also noted that, for the same reasons, the disaster management training programme was transferred to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The disaster recovery plan is expected to be finalized in June 2005 and tested and deployed by December 2005.

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.

I have since confirmed the existence of a draft business continuity and disaster recovery plan.

As a member of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation, his country had been providing effective services to users globally in the management of disasters, by means of its satellite NigeriaSat 1, and, through the Constellation, it had finalized its proposal to join the International Charter Space and Major Disasters .

Following the devastating tsunami in December 2004, the issue of ICT knowledge based disaster management was included in regional discussions and the Regional Action Plan.

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The good news is that NASA has a small, secret contingency plan division that is looking at this, trying to keep knowledge of Orion preserved in the event of such a misfortune.

UNRWA recovery plans for most ICT systems exist but should be part of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.

The United States urged the secretariat for the International Decade to coordinate fully its programmes within the United Nations system, and encouraged UNDP to integrate disaster reduction into its country programmes.

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

It is recommended that Governments of disaster prone countries include the utilization of the UNDAC team in their national response plans and disaster response exercises.

A figure of 105,000 persons is contained in the UNHCR repatriation plan as an initial planning assumption.

Truly, the work plan is a difficult one, yet it is one from which the Organization must not deviate.

The establishment of a national disaster management plan was essential in order to provide a reference framework for all the agencies participating in risk management. The National Institute for Disaster Management should also be strengthened in order to enable it to transcend the emergency planning stage and embark on the task of coordination with a view to preparing a national disaster management plan.

Humanitarian coordination and disaster mapping for the World Food Programme (WFP) (the Sudan and China, 2005).

They should also include this issue in their national disaster response plans.

Such initiatives should be linked to development plans and take the form of emergency and post emergency relief.

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

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Over the last decade, the country s authorities have raised awareness, established and strengthened disaster management institutions, and worked on recovering from past disasters, including Typhoon Haiyan. National and local disaster plans have been improved, standard operating procedures have been developed, and early warning systems have been put in place.

The Board recommended that a copy of the disaster recovery plan be kept off site.

A joint Southern effort to create a warning system for disasters was already being planned.

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The States affected are all developing countries, and for them this is a major calamity billions of dollars in damage and the destruction of economic livelihoods.

The participants in the forthcoming world conference on the matter to be held in Kobe would be able to review the Yokohama strategy which has established an action plan for raising awareness, at all levels of society, of the importance of disaster reduction, promoting cooperation among different sectors and forging effective mechanisms to reduce the impact of natural disasters.

The World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) started distributing pre positioned emergency relief items the day after the tsunami hit.

Emergency flood plans are being developed and people advised on how to manage the scarce water resources in case of drought.

Often contingency plans are developed in isolation, without any linkage to national disaster preparedness plans or the contingency plans of the United Nations country team or individual international organizations.

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

Corresponding theme groups natural resource management (UNDP), disaster management (WFP), food security (FAO).

First, while emergency relief is the first priority, plans for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the devastated countries have to be developed.

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Their disastrous effects, however, can be lessened significantly if well conceived disaster response plans and mitigation strategies are in place prior to their occurrence.

As part of the efforts to cope with the disastrous situation, the Nigerien Government allocated 326 tons of emergency relief food to aid people afflicted by the natural disaster, and planed to provide financial and technical support to the disaster hit area.

The establishment of such an early warning system would link well with Africa's plan to address humanitarian disasters in a regional manner following the adoption by the African Union of the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction.

3. Also welcomes the continued efforts by the United Nations Environment Programme towards the strengthening of environmental emergency response and disaster prevention, preparedness and early warning systems in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

The component of the settlement plan that concerned refugees required the attention of UNHCR, which had undertaken to review and update the repatriation plans that had been prepared in 1991.

3. Takes note of the launching by the Government of Mozambique of the national contingency plan for natural disasters to improve disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness and management, and invites the international community to support this initiative

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

UNHCR and WFP have developed a contingency plan in the event of a further influx of refugees from that country.

For planning, UNHCR implements its annual programme budget, based on country operations plans and headquarters plans.