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Disaster preparedness and the United Nations : advance planning for disaster relief /
Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations: Advance Planning for Disaster Relief examines the roles and relationships of programs being implemented by the United Nations in the area of disaster relief and preparedness. The study focuses on the disaster preparedness activities of the United Nations...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Elmsford, N.Y. :
Published for UNITAR by Pergamon Press,
[1979]
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| Colección: | Pergamon policy studies on socio-economic development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations: Advance Planning for Disaster Relief ; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Members of Panel; Glossary of Terms; PREPAREDNESS; PREVENTION; Glossary of Acronyms; Chapter 1. Dateline Disaster; ZAIRE
- June 8, 1977 ... ; INDIA
- November 22, 1977 ... ; NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY; DISASTERS AND DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 2. An Overview of the International Disaster Relief System; THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS; THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA.
- PROBLEM AREAS IN INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONSSUMMARY; Chapter 3. Disaster Preparedness; NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE CONCEPT; PREPAREDNESS IN DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES; Chapter 4. The United Nations and Disaster Preparedness; THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF); THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)AND THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP; THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO); THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP); THE ILO, COOPERATIVES, AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; ECONOMIC EMERGENCY SITUATIONS; SUMMAPY; Chapter 5. Prospects forthe Future.
- Appendix A: United Nations General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session,14 December 1971, Assistance in Cases of National Disasters and Other Disaster Situations(A/RES/2816) Appendix B: Index of United Nations Agencies Involved in Disaster-Related Activities; Appendix C: UNDRO Technical Advisory Missions; Appendix D: State of Disaster Preparedness in the Poorest of Developing Countries; Notes; Bibliography; BOOKS; REPORTS; UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS; FILM; Index; About the Author; Pergamon Policy Studies.