Tehmina Janjua

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SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE 8 OCTOBER 2006
SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE OCTOBER 8, 05
Tehmina Janjua Acting Permanent Representative
Pakistan Permanent Mission to the UN
OCHA BRIEFING ON ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES
AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH ASIA, 27
FEBRUARY 2006
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CHALLENGES

• APOCALYPTIC SCALE ONE OF THE WORST HUMAN
  TRAGEDIES TO EVER STRIKE THE REGION- HIGH NUMBER
  OF FATALITIES, INJURED PERSONS, AND SURVIVORS
• LOGISTICS INACCESSIBLE TERRAIN
• WINTER COMPOUNDED CHALLENGES
• WATER AND SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS
  SEVERE
• EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE SEVERELY
  DAMAGED .
• RECONSTRUCTION CLEAR DEBRIS AND REBUILD
  EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT INFRASTRUCTURE.
• INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PLEGES NEED TO BE MET.
  FLOWS MUST CONTINUE

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• PRIORITIES
• RELIEF
• HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
• WATER AND SANITATION
• EDUCATION
• RECONSTRUCTION
• SUSTAINABLE RETURNS

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RECONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION

• EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION
  AUTHORITY (ERRA) IS PREPARING A COMPREHENSIVE
  PLAN FOR RESETTLEMENT.
• FOCUS HOUSING RESTORATION OF HEALTH AND
  EDUCATION FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION OF
  INFRASTRUCTURE
• INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES IN QUAKE AFFECTED AREAS.
  SOFT LOANS TO BUILD COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES

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• SHELTER-
• CURRENT STATUS
• 866,000 TENTS PROVIDED
• 388,000 TEMPORARY SHELTERS CONSTRUCTED.
• 247,000 CONSTRUCTED BY PAKISTAN MILITARY.
• 3.1M CGI SHEETS DISTRIBUTED
• OVER 6M BLANKETS DISTRIBUTED
• ERRA PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION
  RS 80B

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• WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
  COMMUNITY
• AT THE NOVEMBER 2005 DONORS CONFERENCE PLEDGES OF
  6.2 BILLION WERE MADE
• WE NEED TO CONVERT PLEDGES INTO ACTUAL MONEY TO
  START AND SUSTAIN WORK ON RECONSTRUCTION

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• LESSONS LEARNED
• ASSESS NEEDS
• WORK WITH COMMUNITIES, RESPECTING LOCAL NORMS
• ENSURE GOOD COMMUNICATION
• PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITIES IN DISASTER
  RESPONSE AND DECISION-MAKING.
• MOBILIZE LOCAL RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
• TARGET EFFICIENTLY GEOGRAPHICAL, VULNERABLE AND
  THE DISABLED
• MONITOR
• RELOCATE AND REHABILITATE FAST
• GIVE PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT
• LINK RELIEF, RECOVERY, REHABILITATION AND
  RECONSTRUCTION
• KEEP THE WORLD INFORMED

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LESSONS LEARNT

• GOPS LEADERSHIP ROLE CRITICAL- ONE GOVERNMENT TO
  DEAL WITH
• WELL COORDINATED EFFORT
• DIFFICULT TERRAIN BUT GEOGRAPHIC AREA
  CONCENTRATED
• MILITARY ORGANIZATION USED EFFECTIVELY
• INTERNATIONAL MILITARY COORDIATION EFFECTIVE
• OUTPOURING OF NATIONAL VOULANTERISM
• INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE
  ASSISTANCE
• NEED TO SETUP MECAHNISMS FOR FUNDING
• NEED FOR GLOBAL SCALE EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE
  SYSTEM