Natural Disasters

(asked on 27th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the United Nations the effectiveness of global contingency planning for major natural disasters.


This question was answered on 13th March 2023

The UK Government engages regularly with UN agencies on contingency planning for major natural disasters. This includes developing and using early warning tools to predict disasters, approaching early and anticipatory action to help countries prepare for and mitigate the impact of natural disasters and ensuring the speed and effectiveness of humanitarian response when disasters occur. The UK is one of the largest providers of core support to the UN humanitarian agencies, including the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which allows flexibility to plan ahead of disasters and ensure that systems and capabilities required for rapid response are in place.

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