6th Regional Technical Group (RTG) Meeting Of The Disaster Management Confidence Building Measure (DM-CBM) Will Be Held In Islamabad Today
6th Regional Technical Group (RTG) Meeting Of The Disaster Management Confidence Building Measure (DM-CBM) Will Be Held In Islamabad Today: The 6th RTG Meeting of DM-CBM will be organized by the National Disaster management Authority (NDMA), an autonomous and constitutionally established federal authority mandated to deal with whole spectrum of disasters and their management in Pakistan.
Earlier the 5th RTG Meeting of DM-CBM was held on December 9, 2016 in Astana, the Capital of Kazakhstan.
The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process – comprising 14 participating Countries, 17 supporting Countries, and 12 supporting regional and international organizations – was established on November 2, 2011 to address the shared challenges and interests of Afghanistan and its neighbors and regional partners.
It provides a platform for sincere and results-oriented regional cooperation by placing Afghanistan at its center, in recognition of the fact that a secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of the Heart of Asia region.
Separately, an International Conference on Natural Disasters will be held in Islamabad today under the auspices of the NDMA.
The representatives from China, Iran, India, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Sweden, France, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, the United States, United Nations, World Bank and European Union (EU) will participate in the Conference.
Besides, the Caretaker Ministers, the Chairman NDMA, the former Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and experts will also be present in the Conference.
In the Conference, the Disaster Risk Management will present recommendations especially on ways to tackle challenges of natural disasters being faced by Pakistan.
Pakistan has actively pursued the process of CBMs. It includes formulation of Draft Implementation Plan, Activity Plan for DM-CBM, organisation of 1st & 3rd, RTG meetings in Pakistan (September 2012, May 2014), high level visit of Afghan NDMA Delegation during January 2014, International Conference on Regional Hazard & Risk Picture in May 2014, organization of training program with the support of Japanese Government on disaster risk management for 24 Afghan officials, in February 2015 at National Institute of Disaster Management and initiation of work on draft MOU with Afghanistan on Disaster Management.
The main purpose is to underscore the need of developing a regional, long term, step by step approach for disaster risk management and to provide a platform to all member countries to make deliberations and approve Road Map for HOA DM-CBM to strive for measures to prevent and manage the effects of natural disasters for further successful trans-border cooperation.
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