International Strategies for Disaster Management

1. AkshaySavlani International Strategies for Disaster Management

2. Table Of Contents • Disaster • Types Of Disasters • Disaster Management • UN - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction • Major International Conferences • Hyogo Framework for Action • General Assembly Resolution • Conclusion

3. Disaster • A disaster is the tragedy of a natural or human-made hazard (a hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment) that negatively affects society or environment. • Disaster has significant relationship with poverty alleviation, • natural resource management, sustainable development • Disaster has multi-dimensionality: geological, ecological, • humanitarian, technological, behavioral, legal • Culture of manipulating nature/environmental resources rather than to add value to nature

4. Types Of Disasters • Natural • Earthquake • Floods and • landslides • Windstorms, • Hailstorms, • thunderbolts • Drought • Epidemics • Human-induced • Fire • Landslides • Industrial accidents • Road accidents

5. Disaster Management • Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing for disaster before it occurs, disaster response (e.g., emergency evacuation, quarantine, mass decontamination, etc.), and supporting, and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters have occurred. • 5 Aspects • Living with risk - focus on disaster risk reduction • Risk awareness and assessment • Policy and commitment: the foundation of disaster risk reduction • Building understanding: development of knowledge and information sharing • A selection of disaster reduction applications

6. UN- ISDR • The Geneva Mandate On Disaster Reduction • Mission • UNISDR Mission Catalyze, facilitate and mobilize the commitment and resources of national, regional and international stakeholders of the ISDR system to build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action • Mission • The ISDR aims at building disaster resilient communities by promoting increased awareness of the importance of disaster reduction as an integral component of sustainable development, with the goal of reducing human, social, economic and environmental losses due to natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters • 2nd Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction website (June 16-19, 2009) • http://www.unisdr.org/

7. Major International Conferences • The World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) was held in Kobe, Japan in January 2005 • Only days after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The Conference was to take stock of progress in disaster risk reduction • The key outcome of this conference was the Hyogo Framework for Action. • The International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC) was held in Davos, Switzerland in August 2006. • The UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held its first session from 5-7 June 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland.

9. Hyogo Framework For Action • World Conference on Disaster Reduction: Objectives, expected outcome and strategic goals • Priorities for action 2005-2015 • Implementation and follow-up

10. General Assembly Resolutions • A/RES/63/217Resolution adopted by the General Assembly[on the report of the Second Committee (A/63/414/Add.3)]63/217. Natural disasters and vulnerability • A/RES/63/216Resolution adopted by the General Assembly[on the report of the Second Committee (A/63/414/Add.3)]63/216. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction • A/RES/62/19211 February 2008International Strategy for Disaster Reduction • A/RES/61/20016 February 2007Natural disasters and vulnerability