How Effective is Disaster Relief?

It continues to be easier to mobilize support for post disaster responses than for preparedness and mitigation activities that could avoid the loss of life and the destruction of vital assets.

Advocating resource mobilization, establishing tracking and reporting systems, administering the Strategy Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction

The United States Fund for UNICEF had also decided to donate half the proceeds of this year's Trick or Treat for UNICEF campaign to hurricane relief.

In the absence of regular budget funding to ensure a sound financial base, the Secretary General would therefore urge Member States to demonstrate their commitment to fully supporting the work of the Strategy secretariat by contributing to the Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction.

The Federation's own fund, called the Disaster Response Emergency Fund, helps us to immediately deploy resources to respond to disasters, even before donors assess their ability to pledge any support.

56. Efforts have been made to increase the immediate availability of funds for natural disaster response by encouraging donors to contribute to a reserve established under the United Nations Trust Fund for Disaster Relief Assistance.

The policy of the IMF was totally coherent, yet totally catastrophic.

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A national day of mourning was observed across Australia on 16 January, and, here in New York, a relief concert will be held next week, on 26 January coincidentally, the national day of India, one of the affected countries, and also of Australia to help raise funds for the victims of this tragedy.

We also believe that the creation of an international disaster fund under the management of the United Nations is urgent.

17. Encourages the international community to provide adequate voluntary financial contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction, in the effort to ensure the adequate support for the follow up activities to the Hyogo Framework for Action, and to review the current usage and feasibility for the expansion of the Fund, inter alia, to assist disaster prone developing countries to set up national strategies for disaster risk reduction

Encourages the international community to provide adequate voluntary financial contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction, in the effort to ensure the adequate support for the follow up activities to the Hyogo Framework for Action, and to review the current usage and feasibility for the expansion of the Fund, inter alia, to assist disaster prone developing countries to set up national strategies for disaster risk reduction

The representative of Burundi said that the North of his country was affected by a severe drought, and called on UNICEF and other partners to assist children affected by this calamity.

13. Requests the Secretary General to continue to appeal for additional voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the Decade

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As for him who gives and is godfearing

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As for him who gives and is righteous.

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As for he who gives and fears Allah

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Global Disaster Recovery

Briefing on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami disaster