Draft Resolution Of Commision

Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

1. Commision Of Parliamentaries
At the Fifth Asian Miniasterial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (5thAMCDRR), we,
participating Parliamentaries with contributions of Parliamentarians would like to make the
following statement.

We conclude that we should increase our understanding as the Parliaments from

the participate countries.

We believe that we should involve the experts to help us better prepared to

overcome the disaster and minimize the destruction and casualities from it.

We do understand that every country has his own national policy which make us
believe that we should minimize the difference and put more effort on global
disaster risk reduction.

We support local government capacity building and financing for effective

integration of disaster risk reduction into their local development plans.

Increasing awareness, building social demand and supprot actions.

We commit to implement the resolution into our constitution by providing an act

according to disaster risk reduction convention resolution.

2. Commision Of Universities
a. Promote and advance research on natural, social, engineering, and technology
aspects of disaster risk in an integrated environment.
b. Ensure that disaster research programs, policies, and applications are integrated
across disciplines, and contribute to enhancing policy-making for the effective
disaster risk reduction and sustainability.

c. Develop and coordinate globally standardized open source information, disaster

loss data, event documentation and analysis procedures, guidelines and frameworks
for effective disaster risk management and sustainable development.
d. Promote a holistic, scientific-based approach in natural hazards and disaster risk
education and training by promoting integration into curricula in schools and
communities.
e. Motivate funding source to allocate priority funding to address the urgent need for
applied research on disaster risks.
We call upon participants of the conference to:
a. Support the assessment of integrated research on disaster risk reduction
b. Increase the number of science ministries, national science foundations, and
national academies of sciences involved in hazard, risk and DRR research and
application.
c. Provide an increase in support for national research and study of national hazards.
d. Enhance regional cooperation on disaster information management.

3. Commision Of Mayors and Local Government Authorities

We, Mayors and Local Government Authorities from countries in Asia and the Pacific
attending the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (5th AMCDRR):
Recall that reducing human and economic losses caused by disaster and climate change
impacts is imperative for sustainable and equitable development of nations in the region.
Welcome the Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) as the unique regional
platform for governments in the region and all concerned stakeholder groups to reaffirm
our commitment for the implementation of the 2005-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action
(HFA) Building Resilient Nations and Communities against Disasters and to jointly develop
our vision post 2015.
Confirm our consent and commitment to the global agenda in promoting local disaster
and climate resilience that has been declared through a number of regional and global
statements and declarations.

Recognize the opportunities to advance local DRR and building resilience in Asia and
the Pacific, created by, amongst others, the enhanced national policies and institutions for
disaster and climate risk management, the decentralization process being pursued by a
number of governments in the region and the recognized need to accelerate the HFA
progress at local level.
At the conclusion of the 5th AMCDRR, on behalf of hundreds cities and local
governments in the region who contributed to this statement,
We commit to:

Take a leadership role in making disaster and climate resilience a bold agenda in
local development, through developing appropriate local policies and institutions,
reinforcing disaster risk consideration in strategic, spatial, territorial and urban
planning, and investing in concrete risk reduction measures in on-going as well as
new socio-economic development programs including critical infrastructure
projects;

Create mechanisms for participation of all segments of the society in risk reduction
and resilience building: recognize the vulnerabilities but more importantly the role
and capacity of women, young people, children, the elderly and people with
disability to enable their valuable contribution; ensuring gender equality,
strengthen the involvement of academia, civil society organizations, private sector,
and other actors to advance the knowledge of risk and accelerate risk reduction
actions.

We call upon National Governments and other stakeholders to:

Register local alliance who provides risk assesment under the authority of local
government which has to be reported and evaluated annually.

Calls every local government of all nations to let in and not hinder the coming
foreign aid both goods and services.

Requests all nations to allocate 7% of its local government budget for disaster
management budget.

Calls upon local government of all nations to act quickly to relocate the damaged
infrastructures, public buildings, and enviroment as the impact of disaster.

Stresses all nations to set an early warning system which has to be registered
through this conference.

4. Commision Of National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Acknowledging the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescents (IFRC)
Strategy 2020 describes the importance of engaging in life-saving activities in disasters and
crises, while also highlighting the importance of protecting livelihoods, strengthening
recovery and enabling healthy and safe living in the longer-term.
At the conclusion of the 5th AMCDRR, participating members of the National Societies
of Red Cross and Red Crescent wish to make the following commitments on behalf of the
Societies from the region who contributed to this statement.

We commit to:
1. Work together with local and national governments, academia, technical agencies,
civil society organizations, media, and at risk communities to ensure that the most
vulnerable groups including women, children, the elderly and people with
disabilities have access to knowledge and can act upon scientific and risk
information, while ensuring they are at the centre of our disaster risk reduction and
climate change adaptation actions and interventions.
2. Realising an integrated and coherent Red Cross Red Crescent vision and approach to
resilience through fostering mindset shifts and looking beyond disaster risk
reduction alone to make within our means and expertise a reinforced
commitment to eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, and achieving equity and
dignity.
3. Acting on the IFRC Governing Board decision to target the investment of up to 10
percent of any emergency appeal for the strengthening of resilience work. In

achieving this we will advocate to institutional and emerging donors for support to
make this a reality.
4. Working and advocating with governments to support legislative reviews that
enhance their legal and institutional frameworks for disaster risk reduction.
5. Advocate for risk reduction and climate change adaptation as critical elements in
developing resilience and promoting sustainable development as part of the
international development agenda beyond 2015.
We call upon participants of the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction to:
1. Work more effectively with all key stakeholders to empower communities by
involving them in local government development planning that sets measurable
targets and minimum standards for building individual and community safety and
resilience.
2. Work in global and local partnerships to strengthen resilience and enact the
necessary reforms of governance at all levels to establish national targets and
indicators within the post 2015 framework.
3. Ensure a financial investment of at least 5-10 percent of annual local revenue to
enable the integration of risk reduction and climate adaptation into public
investments policies and planning.
4. Support the Red Cross Red Crescent in this shift towards a more comprehensive
approach to resilience, including more substantive funding commensurate with its
role and capacity for delivering sustainable development programming.
In conclusion:
We are calling for a serious shift in mindset and for all concerned to work together to
bring about long-term and sustainable change in the lives of vulnerable people. This
requires working across sectors. Looking at what we can concretely and to scale
contribute not only to disaster response, but to risk reduction, public health and sustainable
development.

5. Commision Of Civil Society Organizations

Socialization the Disaster Risk Reduction to all societies, especially for the people
who live in the area where the natural disasters are potentials in order to invite
them to pay attention on disaster risks

Enhance the civil societies cultures in responding to the challenges risks of disasters

Recognizing the global, transnasional, regional, and local cooperation of civil

societies, government, NGOs, and all stake holders as the key role of DRR success

Consider the local capacity as the important ability of people to prevent the risks of
the disasters impact by adapting the certain characters of local area

Simulations have to be carried out by all stake holders in order to know more of any
measures for DRR

Encouraging civil societies to conduct joint training of emergency management on

land-based, coastal-based, and water-based.

Protect, conserve, and promote heritage and history for dialogue and development

Provide the informations and area map of any kinds of disaster to boost peoples
understanding of self-help steps when disaster occurred.

Preventive efforts should be prioritized in order to minimize the damage costs and
casualties.

Educative-participative trainings for the societies and all stake holders to involve
them in reduce the disasters risk

Engaging and partner with Governments as equal stakeholders in all development

initiatives

Recognize and enhance communities capacity, nurture local leadership and foster
transparency and accountability towards disaster risk reduction.

To participate and contribute in development of the PostHFA framework specially

reflecting expectations of the most vulnerable and often excluded groups within
communities.

Share knowledge and experience to build resilience of communities at risk

Hold ourselves accountable for all actions and commitments

Reach out to all communities affected by both small and large scale disasters and
address the underlying risk factors.

Enable and influence view points, policies, practices, and structures that facilitates
local level implementation of DRR initiatives in a sustainable manner.

Actively monitor the outcomes of the 5th AMCDRR.

6. Commision Of Gender
We, individuals and from institutions concerned with gender issues
Noting that gender relations in a scoiety determine the manner in which men and
women are affected by, and deal with disasters and climate change. Although active in all
stages of a disaster, women continue to be seen as passive victims and their roles and
capacities in building resilience in communities are not recognized.
In conclusion, there are several points that we propose to be in the draft resolution of
this conference :
a. Regional and inter-governmental organizations to support gender responsive
policy and practice change within respective governments, and facilitate the
process through multicountry surveys on the impact of disasters on men and
women, regional expert pools, capacity building initiatives, and the development
and dissemination ofmethodologies and standards.
b. Disaster Risk Management Plans to include issues around gender at all levels
including protection and security for women and girls.
c. National governments to audit government policies, practices and monitoring
mechanisms to assess the meaningful inclusiveness of gender concerns.
d. Evaluations to be carried out through independent research and disseminated
publicly.
e. Tools and methodologies for sex and age-disaggregated data collection, gender
responsive budgeting and resource allocation processes for DRR and CCA.
Identification of risks (and special needs of women at all stages of disaster risk
management), and options to address risks and resource mobilization should be

gender responsive and disaggregated in forming the basis for local risk governance
and risk financing. These tools and methodologies should attempt to adapt/improve
existing mechanisms.
f.

Development partners, Inter Governmental Organizations and UN agencies to

continue to invest in local capacity development to integrate gender, providing
recognition where progress is made, and in monitoring the process.

g. Ensure that women and other vulnerable groups in disaster prone areas get equal
opportunities for strengthening their existing capacities and resilience.
h. Increase coordination more specifically for national governments to plan and
coordinate between institutions and organizations dealing with subjects ranging
from Disaster Management, Climate Change, Gender and Womens issues, Social
Services to Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation etc. For local
governments to create/use existing platforms for stakeholder coordination,
ensuring meaningful participation of women and other vurnarable groups, and the
last for UN Agencies to provide guidelines for instititutional coordination

7. Commision Of Private Sector

We, representatives of private and public business entities in Asia participating in the
Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 26 Juni 2014 Yogyakarta,
Indonesia:
Recogonised that:
The private business sector is an important stakeholder in disaster risk reduction as it
plays a critical role in reducing socio-economic vulnerability and exposure to disasters and in
ensuring a more resilient economic growth at national and international levels.
Strengthening business resilience reduces dependency on government for postdisaster
recovery and increases the private sector capacity for pursuing corporate social
responsibility and sustainability, and national development goals. It is imperative and urgent
to address the increasing exposure of economies to the impacts of climate change and the
prevalence of disaster risk in urban centers.

Resolved to:
1. Support the implementation of the Five Business Points in Disaster Risk Reduction
developed by the Private Sector Advisory Group, which includes:
a. Develop and implement internal codes of conduct and procedures, support the
development of national and local laws, regulations, and policies when
possible and needed;
b. Leverage sectoral private sector expertise and strengths to advance disaster risk
reduction and mitigation activities, including enhanced resilience and effective
response;
c. Promote public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction to analyze the
root causes of continued non-resilient activity and develop frameworks to
change these causes. Develop financial risk-sharing mechanisms;
d. Foster a collaborative exchange and dissemination of data: Share information
on assessment, monitoring, prediction, forecasting and early warning purposes
and action between the public and private sectors; and
e. Support national or local risk assessments and capacity-building, and
demonstrate opportunities where resilience building is a sound economic
strategy towards corporate sustainability.
2. Call on the private and public businesses to:
a. Make Business Continuity Planning a priority activity;
b. Educate their organizations on the necessity and benefits of disaster risk
reduction and building resilience;
c. Increase the collaboration of private and public entities to build the resilience
of Asian communities;
d. Emphasise disaster risk reduction and building resilience for corporate
sustainability;
e. Engage in Public-Private Partnership related activities on disaster risk
reduction in regional forums such as APEC, ASEAN and SAARC; and
3. Ask the secretariat of the UN for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

to continue to advocate for private sector collaboration in the Asian region, and
pledge support accordingly.

8. Commision Of Children
We, child-centered organizations from countries in Asia and the Pacific attending the 5th
Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (5th AMCDRR):
Recognizing that the region of Asia and the Pacific is one of the most prone to disasters,
both natural and man-made, in the world. This large amount of disasters occurring on an
annual basis provides a threat to the economic productivity and wellbeing of citizens of the
affected countries.
Noting that the wellbeing and safety of children and youth are particularly in threat due
to these disasters. Noting that childern and youth are able to play on active role in disaster
risk reduction suggest that the general definition of youth and children are divided into
three sections : elementary, junior high and senior high school.
Recommend that the following elements be considered by all countries participating in
the 5th AMCDRR in order to ensure the wellbeing and safety of children before, during and
after the occurrence of disasters:
1. Before the occurrence of disasters
a. Education regarding disasters and how to deal with them should be given to
children through their school curriculum.
i.

Children should be introduced to the potential threat of disasters, both

natural and man-made, that are most likely to be faced by their
communities.

ii.

This education can be done through visits to past disaster sites in order to
educate children on the aftereffects of disasters.

iii.

This education can also be done through movie screenings about disaster
risk reduction and through publications in childrens magazines.

iv.

High schoolsin particular should have their own disaster management clubs
where students can learn how to provide assistance in the event of a

disaster. This group can be compressed as existing boys and girls scout.
School should create partnership with DRR related NGOs and governmental
bodies
b. Children should be involved in disaster risk reduction activities held in their local
communities.
c. A playground with the aim of teaching children about the many aspects of disasters
and disaster risk reduction can be built in their local communities.
d. Children should be included in simulations of the evacuation process in the event of
disasters.
i.

Child-friendly signage should be made in order to guide children to the

nearest evacuation shelter.

e. Children and youth should be actively involve in disaster risk reduction training
through the creation of volunteer groups and partnership with DRR related NGOs and their
respective countries
2. During the occurrence of disasters
a. Disaster refugee shelters should keep a record of the amount of children affected by
the disaster.
b. Children should undergo a general check-up of their health as soon as they are
admitted in the disaster refugee shelters.
c. Children who have lost their family members in the disaster should be held in a
special shelter where they can be watched over temporarily by the staff.
d. Children should be given adequate nutrition during their stay in the disaster refugee
shelter.
e. Activities should be held in the disaster refugee shelter in order to give children
emotional support and entertainment.

3. After the occurrence of disasters

a. A child-specific psychological division should be created to address the
psychological needs of children affected by the disaster.

i.

A psychological test should be conducted to assess the psychological

impacts of the disaster on children.

ii.

Children experiencing trauma should be given the necessary psychological

therapy in order to help them overcome it.

b. A temporary shelter should be set up for children who have been separated from
their parents and/or guardians during the disaster.
i.

Staff at the disaster refugeeshelter should take all efforts necessary to

reunite children with their parents and/or guardians.

ii.

Children who cannot be reunited with their parents and/or guardians

should be held under foster care until they come of age.

c. Children should be given access to adequate education.

i.

Scholarships and material aid can be given to help children who have been
severely affected by disaster.

9. Commision Of Media
The MEDIA representative of the countries present believes that media is vital for
disaster risk reduction and need to utilize based on sustainable principles. Therefore, we
strongly uphold the importance of medias role in case of spreading information to the
world. Media also works as a trigger to moving the government and the citizens. Spreading
information to all levels of society is important because media can reach every person to get
better knowledge and response to the disaster.
Disaster is not only about the effect after it happened but also about humanity
related to human rights, the cost that government must pay, and public awareness is critical.
By preventing, more lives saved and more assets are protected.
In order to do better in disaster risk reduction, we would like to encourage other
commision to work together with us to do these following actions:
1. Provide balanced and timely accurate coverage of disaster risks before, during, and
after disasters, by :
a. Improving Relations with NGOs that handle various aspects regarding DRR

b. Encouraging private and public cooperation and partnership to gather

funding to assist affected countries
2. Prioritize the dissemination of accurate information on natural hazards and disaster
risk reduction and dedicate more time and space to report on the causes of
disasters and what can be done to prevent disasters, by :
a. Asking government to provide and to command the citizens on how
importance they should care about disaster risk reduction. To convince
every country media rely on local government to deeply spread the words.
3. Building a better network between media peers and journalist associations to
convey the message of the Declaration in order to strengthen the resilience of
communities, by :
4. Bridging the knowledge-transfer gap in pre-development areas, by :
a. Informing about health and first aid to educate the audience and how to
respond disaster situation.
b. Facilitating technological grants

10.Commision Of Individuals and Organizations Concerned With

Disability

Noting that Persons with disabilities and elderly persons with impairment
contribute a large proportion mainly due to the lack of inclusion and
involvement of persons with disabilities and their caregivers within disaster
mitigation and preparedness planning

Noting that persons with disabilities tend to be excluded from social

activities and participation in social and political affairs

The global emergency response approach and current DRR policies

aggravate such exclusion as they do not recognize disability as an underlying
factor of vulnerability across communities

Therefore, consideration for inclusion of disability is still at a minimum level

DRR considers pays specific attention to persons with disabilities and

caregivers since their vulnerability reduces the entire communitys
resilience toward disasters.

Noting the target population for inclusive DRR are not only persons with
disabilities, but also their families as their caregivers

WHO estimates that 15% of the worlds population aredisabled, mostly

residing in the Asia Pacific region

it is often family members who are able to provide evacuation assistance to

persons with disabilities

Therefore, disability increases vulnerability not only of persons with

disabilities themselves but also of their caregivers. Hence, disability
increases the vulnerability of the community as a whole.

In order to foster maximum effectiveness of collective efforts for risk

reduction, it is therefore important to work inclusively across communities.