| International recognition |
A growing number of voices are stressing the importance of law in mitigating disasters The following documents are a sampling of international recognition of the topic and the work of the International Federation in this area.
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| 2007 |
December 2007 - European Commission
European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid “subscribes” to IDRL
In this major strategy document on humanitarian aid, the Council and member states of the EU “notes positively the work on International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles (IDRL)” and affirms with regard to IDRL, the Code of Conduct of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and NGOs in Disaster Relief and the Sphere Charter and Minimum Standards, that “the EU subscribes fully to these sets of principles, standards and evaluation criteria.” |
September 2007 - United
Nations
UN Secretary General highlights the International Federation’s work in IDRL
In his 2007 report on International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development; Mr. Ban Ki-Moon remarks upon the Federation’s extensive consultations with States and humanitarian organizations in the development of the IDRL Guidelines. |
June 2007 - United
Nations
UN Secretary
General highlights IDRL
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon paid an official
visit to the International Federation on July 6. During his
statement, he underlined the importance of the International
Federation’s ongoing work to promote adequate national
legal preparedness through its IDRL Programme and the Draft
IDRL Guidelines. When meeting previously with the International
Federation President and Secretary General, the importance of
IDRL was also underscored. |
June 2007 - Panama
Organisation of American States General Assembly underlines
the importance of IDRL
The Organisation of American States
General Assembly underlines the importance of IDRL in its Resolution
2314, expressing its commitment to “eliminate obstacles
to humanitarian assistance…, with particular emphasis
on strengthening the necessary legal frameworks.” The
OAS also invites its member states to sign and ratify the Inter-American
Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance and for those already
having done so to designate a national coordinating authority. |
May 2007 - Kenya
UN Assistant Secretary-General expresses official support for
IDRL 
(14 Kb, 1 page)
Ms. Margareta Wahlström, the
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator,
OCHA, delivered an official address of support to the participants
of the Pan-African Forum on IDRL held in Nairobi on May 14th.
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| 2006 |
December 2006
- UN Special Envoy for the tsunami recovery
Lessons learned from the tsunami recovery - Key propositions
for building back better - A report by the UN Secretary-General
Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, William J. Clinton
(28 kb, 28 pages) |
July 2006 - Tsunami
Evaluation Coalition (TEC)
Joint
evaluation of the international response to the Indian Ocean
tsunami: synthesis report - Pages 115, 123 and 150
(1.6Mb, 178 pages) |
June 2006 - International
Conference on Emergency Communications (ICEC 2006) in Tampere,
Finland
Statement of the International Conference of Emergency Communications
(3.3 Mb, 2 pages) |
May 2006 - United
Nations Economic and Social Council, Geneva- Report of the Secretary
General
Strengthening
emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, recovery and
prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami
- Page 21, paragraph 3
(120 kb, 46 pages) |
| 2004 |
November 2004
- United Nations Economic and Social Council, Geneva- Report
of the Secretary General
Strengthening
the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the
United Nations - See page 3, paragraph 28
(41 kb, 8 pages) |
| 2003 |
June 2003 - United
Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - Geneva, Switzerland
Report
of the Secretary-General on Strengthening of the coordination
of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
(see paragraph 28)
(135 kb, 20 pages) |
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