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The Defence Minister has inaugurated the Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management.
About Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management
Organized by: Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS)
Aim: To promote interaction of science, policy, and practices to enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters.
Theme: ‘Technology, Finance and Capacity for Building Resilience to Disasters in the context of COVID-19’
What are the key highlights of the Defence Minister address at the conference?
Firstly, Effective response mechanisms to address humanitarian crises & natural disasters are one of the most important pillars of SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region).
Secondly, India has always been a first responder in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). It has been regularly conducting Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) situations exercises to deepen the HADR co-operation.
Example: Some HADR missions undertaken by India include Operation Rahat in Yemen in 2015, During a cyclone in Sri Lanka in 2016; quake in Indonesia in 2019 and Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
Thirdly, the COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the “centrality of multilateralism” in our interconnected world, not only for matters of international security but also disaster management.
Lastly, there is a need for collective solutions to deal with global challenges in the post-COVID world.
Source: This post is based on the following articles
- “Raksha Mantri virtually inaugurates 5th World Congress on Disaster Management” published in PIB on 24th Nov 2021.
- “India first responder in the Indian Ocean Region” published in The Hindu on 25th Nov 2021.
