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OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 928 (1627/08) rev. 1
1 April 2008
Original: English
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CP/RES. 928 (1627/08)
PLACE AND DATE OF THE MEETING OF HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
ON NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT
(Adopted at the meeting held on January 30, 2008,
and revised at the meeting held on April 1, 2008)
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that, in resolution AG/RES. 2184 (XXXVI-O/06),
“Natural Disaster Reduction, Risk Management, and Assistance in Natural
and Other Disaster Situations,” the General Assembly requested the
Permanent Council to consider the possibility of convening, at an
appropriate time, a meeting of high-level national authorities on
natural disaster reduction and risk management, with the participation
of the private sector, subregional, national, and international bodies
and agencies, and nongovernmental, community, and civil society
organizations;
BEARING IN MIND that resolution AG/RES. 2314 (XXXVII-O/07), “Natural
Disaster Reduction, Risk Management, and Assistance in Natural and Other
Disaster Situations,” requested the Permanent Council to convene, for
the first half of 2008, with the support of the Inter-American Network
for Disaster Mitigation (INDM), a meeting of high-level national
authorities on natural disaster reduction and risk management, with the
participation of the private sector, subregional, national, and
international bodies and agencies, and nongovernmental, community, and
civil society organizations; and
RECALLING the commitment undertaken by the member states, set forth in
the Plan of Action of the Fourth Summit of the Americas, held in Mar del
Plata, Argentina, in November 2005, to substantially improve the
capacity at national, regional, and hemispheric levels for risk
mitigation; to implement early warning systems; to enhance disaster
recovery, reconstruction, and resilience capabilities in collaboration
with relevant regional institutions; and to explore with relevant
international and regional institutions the coordinated development of
effective public-private catastrophic risk insurance systems,
RESOLVES:
1. To thank the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for
its offer to host the Meeting of High-Level National Authorities on
Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Management.
2. To convene the Meeting of High-Level National Authorities on Natural
Disaster Reduction and Risk Management, to be held in Caracas, in the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on June 25 and 26, 2008.
3. To instruct the General Secretariat to provide the necessary
technical and administrative support for preparations for the meeting,
in coordination with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as the host
country.
4. To instruct the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat to
carry out the activities mentioned in this resolution within the
resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other
resources.
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