Officer Leaves For Bangkok To Attend Asean Day For Disaster Management
By Yusrin Junaidi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Noor Aflan bin AwangKachi, an officer from the National Disaster Management Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, yesterday left for Bangkok to attend the Asean Day for Disaster Management (ADDM) 2006 today.

The event is conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in conjunction with the International Day for Disaster Reduction.

The objectives of the Asean Day for Disaster Management 2006 are to create awareness on disaster risks and disaster management in the Asean region and to maintain critical momentum toward the implementation of the Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response.

It also aims to harmonise actions and frameworks on disaster risk reduction at the regional level and to publicise and promote Asean's agenda on disaster risk reduction at the global level.

The theme for the Asean Day for Disaster Management 2006 is "Strengthening Community Capacity and Disaster Resilience in the Asean Region".

The Asean Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management held in December 2004 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia had agreed on the celebration of ADDM as part of the International Day for Disaster Reduction on every second Wednesday of October.

It is expected that by celebrating ADDM as part of theinternational day celebration would bring international attention to disaster management and assist in lifting the profile of disaster management in the Asean region.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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