Two-Day ECO Conference on Disaster Risk Management starts in Azerbaijan
Gabala, Azerbaijan: The 7th ECO International Conference on Disaster Risk Management organized by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations has started today that is attended by representatives of the government agencies on management of emergency situations of ECO member states included Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Azerbaijani Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel General Kemaleddin Heydarov, ECO Secretary General Shamil Alasgarov, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bashir Atalay, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Saeed Aleem Chairman Disaster Management Authority Pakistan, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan and UNDP Resident Representative Antonius Bernardus Broek are attending the conference aimed at deepening the cooperation between agencies of the member states and international organizations closely cooperating with the ECO on civil defense, protecting population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies, eliminating their consequences.
The representatives of the UN, UNDP, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, German Federal Agency for Technical Relief, German Society for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, ECO Regional Center for Risk Management of Natural Disasters, Free University of Berlin, Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, German Red Cross and Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society are also participating in the two-day conference.
