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SEADMC 2009 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Management & Emergency Response Efforts

SEADMC 2009 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Management & Emergency Response Efforts. 2 December 2009. Agenda. What is the ARF? ARF Statement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response ARF General Guidelines for Disaster Relief Cooperation

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SEADMC 2009 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Management & Emergency Response Efforts

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  1. SEADMC 2009 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Management & Emergency Response Efforts 2 December 2009

  2. Agenda • What is the ARF? • ARF Statement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response • ARF General Guidelines for Disaster Relief Cooperation • ARF Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Strategic Guidelines • ARF Voluntary Demonstration of Response • Other Efforts

  3. What is the ARF? • Establishment: • Twenty-Sixth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Post Ministerial Conference (Singapore, July 1993) agreed to establish the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). • Inaugural meeting (Bangkok, 25 July 1994) • Objectives: • Foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern; and • make significant contributions to efforts towards confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region

  4. What is the ARF? • The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is… • 10 ASEAN nations (Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam), • 17 additional nations (Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, India, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, United States) and the European Union • http://www.aseanregionalforum.org/

  5. Efforts • ARF Statement on Disaster Management & Emergency Response • Adopted at 12th ASEAN Regional Forum, 28 JUL 2006, Kuala Lumpur (approximately one year after ASEAN’s AADMER) • Guidelines (voluntary) on ARF efforts in DM/ER • Closely mirrors AADMER in concept but lacks mandate for coordination of actions

  6. Efforts • ARF Statement on Disaster Management & Emergency Response (con’t.) • Enhance cooperation that support and complement existing regional and international disaster management and emergency response mechanisms • Risk Identification and Monitoring • Disaster Prevention and Preparedness • Emergency Response and Disaster Relief • Capacity Building

  7. Efforts • ARF General Guidelines for Disaster Relief Cooperation • Developed 31 JUL 2007 by PRC • Adopted at 14th ARF Ministerial Meeting, 02 AUG 2007, Manila • Focus: • Establish a basic framework for disaster relief cooperation among ASEAN Regional Forum participating countries, to promote more effective cooperation, and to reduce the losses due to frequent disasters

  8. Efforts • ARF General Guidelines for Disaster Relief Cooperation (con’t.) • Basic Principles: • Mutual Assistance on Equal Footing • Respect for Receiving Country’s Decision • Decision by Mutual Agreement • Enhancing Coordination • General guidance on Launching, Managing and Costs

  9. Efforts • ARF Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Strategic Guidelines • Commenced as effort to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for DR as called for by ARF Statement on DM&ER • Concept developed and tested • ARF Desk Top Exercise on the Disaster Relief Planning Conference, 04-07 SEP 2007, Darwin • ARF Desk Top Exercise on the Disaster Relief, 01-02 May 2008, Jakarta • Shift from SOPs to “Strategic Guidelines” • Purpose: promote a common understanding among ARF members of civil-military cooperation and coordination procedures so as to improve interoperability and cooperation between ARF members, and so reduce their response time in disaster relief

  10. Efforts • ARF Strategic Guidelines (con’t.) • Provide high level guidance for military-military and civil-military cooperation in preparing and undertaking HADR activities • Focus on emergency response activity (not intended to apply to rehabilitation and reconstruction) • Compliment existing guidelines: • ARF General Guidelines for Disaster Relief Cooperation • ASEAN Standard Operating Procedures for Regional Standby Arrangements and Coordination of • ASEAN Joint Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Operations (SASOP)

  11. Efforts • ARF Strategic Guidelines (con’t.) • Characteristics of Disasters • Disaster Relief • Coordination and cooperation • Logistics Support • Preparedness and Training • Proposed Standby Arrangements

  12. Efforts • ARF Voluntary Demonstration of Response (ARF VDR) • 04-08 May 2009, Republic of the Philippines • Objectives: • Provide a major deliverable for strengthening ARF • Highlight military cooperation in Southeast Asia • Build regional humanitarian assistance capacity and civil-military interoperability for major, multinational relief operations • Provide actual care to local populations either affected by a disaster or in underdeveloped areas

  13. Efforts • Other ARF Efforts • ARF Inter-Sessional Meetings on Disaster Relief; nine meetings held so far; last one: 15-18 SEP 2008, Honolulu • ARF Seminar on Laws and Regulation on Disaster Relief Cooperation, 22-25 APR 2009, Beijing • Future: • ARF Standby Arrangements? • ARF Coordination Centre? • Military and Civil Defense Model Agreement (in development) • ARF Disaster Relief Work Plan (in work)

  14. Discussion

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