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OEA/Ser.G
CP/RES. 928 (1627/08) rev. 1
1 April 2008
Original: English
 

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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