Executve Summary South-East Asia is regularly hit by droughts. Though starting slowly, droughts can have devastating cumulative impacts – striking hardest at the poor and heightening inequality, as...
JAKARTA, 30 November 2020 – ASEAN Ministers in charge of disaster management agreed on the strategic direction of regional cooperation in mitigating disaster losses and responding to disaster...
South-East Asia has long experienced severe droughts. However, this second edition of Ready for the Dry Years reveals that the severity of two drought events during 2015-2016 and 2018-2020 exceed...
JAKARTA, 16 October 2020 – Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi, who is also the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator, has written a letter of condolences on October 15 2020 to Deputy...
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Frequently beset by different types of disaster such as: floods, cyclonic storm, tidal surge, riverbank erosion, earthquakes and...
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 May 2020 – The ASEAN Emergency Operations Centre Network for Public Health Emergencies (ASEAN EOC Network) hosted another video conference among ASEAN Member States (AMS) health...
**SIEM REAP, 6 February 2020 – **The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) convened a major consultative meeting on the issue of “Good Practices and Integrated Approaches to Mine/Explosive...
JAKARTA, 28 January 2020 – The Republic of Korea (ROK) contributed US$ 500,000 to ASEAN in support of its efforts to facilitate the repatriation of the verified returnees in Rakhine State, Myanmar...
6th of January 2020 was supposedly the first day of school for many students in Jakarta after the New Year break. It was not the case for TK in Cipinang, Melayu, East Jakarta. Neither it was for many...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ASEAN region is home to various types of disasters, large and small scales caused by various drivers. Risk drivers in ASEAN countries may vary, but among many vulnerable groups and...