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Advocacy and meetings: The Americas Forum on IDRL


The Americas Forum on IDRLOn April 23-24, 2007, over 100 participants, representing 20 governments, 28 national Red Cross societies, 6 regional organizations, 11 UN agencies and global inter-governmental organizations, 8 NGOs and civil society organizations, and 4 universities gathered in Panama for the Americas Forum on International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles.

The Forum was co-convened by the International Federation, the Red Cross Society of Panama and the Organization of American States (OAS) and hosted by the Government of Panama. It was the third of a series of regional consultations organized by the International Federation and its partners over the last year.

For further information about the Americas Forum on IDRL, please contact David Fisher with our feedback form.
Key documents
Final report Adobe Acrobat Reader required (487 Kb, 47 pages)
Agenda Adobe Acrobat Reader required (96 Kb, 4 pages)
Background papers
International Federation: Legal issues in the international response to tropical storm Stan in Guatemala (April 2007) Adobe Acrobat Reader required (643 Kb, 73 pages)
Organization of American States (OAS), Law of disasters: towards a normative framework in the Americas Adobe Acrobat Reader required (159 Kb, 22 pages)
Candice Rochester, Jamaican Attorney General's Chambers: Legal challenges to international response to natural disasters in Jamaica: context of hurricanes Ivan (2004), Dennis and Emily (2005) Adobe Acrobat Reader required (75 Kb, 14 pages)
Welcoming remarks
Ibrahim Osman, Deputy Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Adobe Acrobat Reader required (30 Kb, 2 pages) 
Jaime Ricardo Fernández, President of the Panamanian Red Cross Adobe Acrobat Reader required (568 Kb, 2 pages, in Spanish only)
Dr. Raúl Lago, Representative of the Organization of American States in Panama Adobe Acrobat Reader required (19 Kb, 2 pages, in Spanish only)
Dr. Roberto Velásquez Abood, Director-General of the National Civil Protection System of Panama (SINAPROC) Adobe Acrobat Reader required (1.2Mb, 5 pages, in Spanish only)  
Keynote address
Dr. Sálvano Briceño, Director of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Adobe Acrobat Reader required (217 Kb, 8 pages, in Spanish only)
More information
ISDR web section on the Americas Forum on IDRL (in Spanish only)

Further documents and presentations from the Americas Forum on IDRL are available upon request through our feedback form.
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