Acts of Nature, Acts of Man: The Global Response to Natural Disasters |
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activities ACTS OF NATURE administrative affected country APPLICATION OF MODERN areas Assembly assistance to national aster Bangladesh Burke Marshall Chairman cost damage assessment developing countries development assistance disaster assistance Disaster Relief Coordinator disaster relief system disaster situations disaster victims disaster zone disaster-affected country disaster-prone countries donor governments drought earthquake effect ensure relief ernment Ethiopia field funds Geneva Geneva Conventions Guatemala humanitarian ICRC INTELSAT international disaster relief international relief International Telecommunication Union involved League of Red major disaster major natural disasters major relief ment national disaster organization national disaster plan NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS national disaster relief national Red Cross ness organiza ORVILLE L Panel recommends political problems Red Cross Societies relief agencies relief operations Resolution 2816 role Sahelian satellite Secretary-General tions U.S. Government U.S. Representative UNA-USA UNDP UNDRO UNICEF United Nations Disaster USAID USAID/FDA victims of natural World Food Programme Yes Yes