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The Regional Security System was created out of a need for collective response to security threats, which were impacting on the stability of the region in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Its express function is to ensure the stability and well being of the Eastern Caribbean region through mutual cooperation, in order to achieve social and economic development and to maintain the principles of democracy, liberty of the individual and rule of law.Learn more here
Provides information on the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) Emergency Preparedness programme and its Disaster Management activities in the Caribbean and Latin America. Also provides access to various sources of disaster management information as well as links to other disaster-related sites.
This is the web site for the Nation Disaster Organisation of Jamaica (ODPEM). The site provides information on Disaster Management in Jamaica and the region.
The NEIC operates a 24-hour-a-day service to determine the location and magnitude of significant earthquakes in the United States and around the world as rapidly and accurately as possible. This information is communicated to federal and state government agencies who are responsible for emergency response, to government public information channels, to national and international news media, to scientific groups (including groups planning aftershock studies), and to private citizens who request information.
Provides up-to-date information on the volcanic situation in Montserrat, including the official daily bulletins issued by the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Also available are scientific reports from the observatory, photographs of the volcano and links to related sites.
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is responsible for the technical cooperation aspect of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) started in 1954, when it joined the Colombo Plan, an organization set up in 1950 to assist Asian countries in their socio-economic development.
The goals of the ISDR are to increase public awareness about disaster reduction, to obtain commitment from public authorities, to stimulate inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral partnerships, and the improvement of the scientific knowledge of the causes of natural disasters and the consequences of natural hazards.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is an international humanitarian organisation with a unique worldwide network.