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Latest News & Events - October 2004 |
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| October
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| CDERA
- Grenada - 29-10-2004
Video Documentary in Grenada |
 The
experiences and lessons learnt from Hurricane Ivan's impact
on Grenada is being documented on video for regional dissemination.
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) has
signed a contract with Warm Water Productions of Barbados to
produce a 30-minute video documentary which is to be shared
with the wider Caribbean public, regional disaster managers,
as well as the regional and international donor community. The
video is also expected to be part of the educational kits used
by disaster managers in community preparedness training. (...)
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story - PDF
More information: UNDP
Barbados Crisis Prevention and Recovery
// UNDP
DRU & Grenada // CDERA
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency Website
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| UN-Volonteers,
Haïti - 15-10-2004
Situation d’urgence en Haïti - Un temoignage
d'un volontaire ONU face à la realité des catastrophes
naturelles
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 Des
pluies torrentielles ont provoqué d'importantes inondations
et la mort de près de 600 personnes à Haïti
en mai 2004. Jean Renand Valière, Volontaire national
des Nations Unies (VNU), est arrivé à Fond-Vérettes,
commune la plus touchée, à peine 48 heures après
la catastrophe. A cet endroit non loin de la frontière
avec la République dominicaine, le VNU a passé
quatre semaines à coordonner les actions d’aide
humanitaire entre la commune et les organisations internationales
et de l’ONU. Avec des volontaires locaux il a organisé
le comité de protection des civils pour venir en aide
aux victimes. Il raconte ici son expérience.
Toute
l'histoire
Pour plus d'information: UN
Volunteers website // Volunteer
Voices // UNDP
Haïti Country Office // Haïti
& the DRU
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| UNDP,
Geneva, Switzerland - 13-10-2004
World Conference on Disaster Reduction - Second Session
of the PReparatory Committee - 11-12 October 2004 - Statement
of UNDP on the Draft Programme Outcome Document
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 UNDP
would like to express its continued commitment to the ISDR,
and acknowledges the excellent work of the ISDR-Secretariat
and the Bureau of Member States during this preparatory process
for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR).
UNDP welcomes and supports the initiative to develop a programme
outcome document, which sets out overall goals, objectives and
priorities to guide disaster risk reduction beyond the WCDR.
The draft programme outcome document has evolved from the Framework
for Monitoring and Guiding Disaster Reduction, produced in a
collaborative effort by the ISDR-Secretariat and UNDP. In addition,
UNDP also provided inputs and direction to early drafts of this
document. (...)
Full
Statement - PDF
More information: WCDR
Website // Prep
Com 2 Official Documents
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| UNDP,
Geneva, 11-10-2004
UNDP in the Caribbean: Choosing the Right Path Towards
Sustainable Recovery
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 The
devastating effects of Tropical Storm Jeanne and its predecessors
in the harshest hurricane season of this century still feature
in the daily news. The death toll and economic losses grow as
the damage assessment progresses in those areas where access is
possible. That is not the case for all affected areas, especially
in Haiti. UNDP continues to support the most affected countries
with specialised technical resources and funding to develop recovery
programming that will address priority needs and contribute to
reducing future risks. BCPR’s Regional Disaster Reduction
Advisor, recovery and programme specialists remain in the region
to provide direct support to the most affected countries and to
foster intra-regional cooperation and exchange.
UNDP contributions from Trac 1.1.3 total US$450,000, with additional
considerable support and funding from the Regional Bureau for
Latin America and the Caribbean and the Country Offices in the
region. Recovery programmes for Grenada (US$300,000) and Jamaica
(US$300,000) will be approved shortly, bringing the total investment
under Trac 1.1.3 to over US$ 1 million. This, however, has led
to the mobilisation of donor funding in the order of over US$4
million for Grenada only. Pledges and expressions of interest
for the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica have been received
and are expected to generate more resources and attention to the
priorities identified by UNDP. (...)
Full
story - PDF
More information: UNDP
RBLAC // DRU &
The Caribbean
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| UNDP,
The Caribbean, 06-10-2004
Reducing Disaster Risk in Caribbean Small Island Developing
States (SIDS)
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 The
2004 hurricane season with still two months left to go is proving
to be one of the worst hurricane seasons in recent Caribbean history.
In terms of the number of countries already impacted (12), deaths
(over 2000) and damage and destruction to, housing, infrastructure
and economic livelihoods, this year’s hurricane season is
unprecedented. Hurricanes Charley, Francis, Ivan and Jeanne have
devastated either entire countries as in the case of Grenada and
the Cayman Islands, or large pockets of highly vulnerable populations
in this Small Island Developing States region (SIDS). The effects
of these disasters particularly in the case of SIDS is of increasing
concern as these events clearly demonstrate that they can negatively
affect the entire populations and economic base of these islands
as was seen in Grenada after Hurricane Ivan where the situation
was one of total devastation with 90% of the homes and structures
damaged or destroyed and economic damage estimates standing at
approximately $800 million USD. (...)
Full
story - PDF
More information: UNDP
RBLAC // DRU &
The Caribbean
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