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The
country has faced several hazards, including climate variability,
that have caused significant deterioration of living conditions
and impacted natural resource management and agriculture production.
In the past, international organizations such as the UN Institute
for Training and Research (UNITAR), UNDP, and regional organizations
Permanent Interstate Commitee for Drought Cordal in the Sahel,
Le Centre Regional de Formation et d’application en Agrometeo-rologie
et Hydrologie Operationnelle and Gambia River Basin Development
Organisation supported the government with capacity-building activities,
including training and workshops. |
| Finally,
UNITAR and UNDP proposed the creation of a National Committee
on Disaster and Risk Management. The committee was created, but
its operations were hampered by political instability. Armed conflict
between 1998 and 2000 forced donors to focus their activities
on humanitarian assistance to displaced populations. Since the
end of hostilities, the government has actively undertaken recovery
activities, mainly with international support. (...)
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