Examples of using Mitigation branch in English and their translations into Russian
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The functions formerly exercised by the Disaster Mitigation Branch were assumed by UNDP in April 1998.
The Disaster Mitigation Branch provides technical advice and backstopping of projects in the field of risk and vulnerability assessments as well as on the development of national disaster management plans and strategies.
The variety of projects implemented andthe nature of the Disaster Mitigation Branch involvement has not followed an overall strategy.
For its part, the Disaster Mitigation Branch will continue to provide expert advice to Governments at their request and implement technical cooperation projects, at the country and subregional levels, in the areas of natural disaster reduction.
In the process of restructuring the Department of Humanitarian Affairs and for the purpose of takingfull advantage of the complementarity of the secretariat and the Department's Disaster Mitigation Branch, these two components have been brought together under the umbrella of the Disaster Reduction Division.
The Division incorporates the Disaster Mitigation Branch and the Decade secretariat which is servicing the International Framework of Action for the Decade.
In carrying out the above activities, the necessary steps will be taken to ensure optimal support for the objectives of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, andcomplementarity of action between the Disaster Mitigation Branch of DHA and the secretariat of the Decade, as well as with UNDP, to promote the inclusion of mitigation measures in development projects where applicable.
Among other changes was the consolidation of the Mitigation Branch and the secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction into one division dealing with natural disaster reduction.
The Department of Humanitarian Affairs applies several methods, which include mandatory tripartite reviews with the governmental agency,UNDP and the Disaster Mitigation Branch; mid-term and end-term reviews, carried out by independent consultants; and field visits by United Nations personnel.
The Disaster Mitigation Branch of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, in cooperation with UNDP in Barbados, is planning a regional workshop on disaster preparedness and mitigation and is formulating a disaster mitigation project for Jamaica.
The incorporation of the activities of the secretariat of the Decade and the Disaster Mitigation Branch in the Disaster Reduction Division of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, at Geneva(see para. 46) is in line with that objective.
The Disaster Mitigation Branch, working in association with the secretariat of the International Decade in the Disaster Reduction Division of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, is particularly suited to facilitate the broader international collaboration and programme attention necessary to strengthen regional and national capacities related to early-warning effectiveness.
Among other changes brought about by the Department's reorganization in 1994, the Mitigation Branch and the secretariat of the Decade were consolidated under the umbrella of a Disaster Reduction Division, dealing with natural disaster reduction.
The Disaster Mitigation Branch has provided assistance in reaction to a variety of circumstances: in some countries it was in the wake of natural disasters, in collaboration, within the Department, with the Relief Coordination Branch; in others, requests were received following a disaster management training programme workshop; sometimes it was at the request of donors in search of an implementing agency.
The Under-Secretary-General has, therefore, brought together the Department of Humanitarian Affairs' Disaster Mitigation Branch and the secretariat for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction under the umbrella of a Disaster Reduction Division.
The expertise of the Disaster Mitigation Branch in support of the core functions of the secretariat relates to the assessment of risk, the formulation of disaster reduction strategies and the initiation of project activities in the context of technical cooperation at the country level.
The estimated requirements totalling $2,309,300, including resource growth of $643,600, would provide for seven posts in the Professional category and above(one D-1, two P-5, two P-4, one P-3 and one P-2/1) andtwo General Service(Other level) posts, including one D-1 post redeployed from the Office of the Director of the Geneva Office to accommodate the position of the Chief of the Disaster Mitigation Branch.
At the end of 1997, 9 of the 21 positions in the Disaster Mitigation Branch and the Disaster Management Training Programme Unit were funded from the United Nations regular budget.
Prior to the programme of United Nations reform,the natural disaster reduction subprogramme of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat was the responsibility of the Disaster Reduction Division which comprised the operational responsibilities of the Disaster Mitigation Branch, the Disaster Management Training Programme Unit and the specific mandated responsibilities of the secretariat for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.
The Geneva office has four substantive units, the Disaster Mitigation Branch, the Relief Coordination Branch, the Information Management and Programme Support Branch, and the Complex Emergencies Branch. .
The latter was the prime responsibility of the Disaster Mitigation Branch, while the Disaster Management Training Programme Unit supported the subprogramme, serving as an important educational tool for national government, non-governmental organization and United Nations system partners and contributing, inter alia, to the integration of disaster reduction into the national development planning process.
Of those 12 posts, 3 were allocated to the Disaster Management Training Programme Unit, 9 were allocated to the Disaster Mitigation Branch(4 of which were assigned to Geneva), 3 posts were assigned to Quito for regional activities in Latin America and 2 were assigned to Suva for regional activities in the South Pacific.
To support the practical application of disaster reduction policies, the Disaster Mitigation Branch should:( a) provide international and regional programmes and agencies involved in the implementation of the International Framework of Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction with the required guidance in the development of disaster management plans and strategies; and( b) monitor actions of those programmes and agencies in relation to the targets of the Framework recommendation 2.
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 52/12 B, the operational andcapacity-building responsibilities hitherto discharged by the Disaster Mitigation Branch(DMB) and the Disaster Management Training Programme(DMTP) have been integrated within the Disaster Management Programme(DMP) situated within the Emergency Response Division of the Operational Support Group of UNDP.
The latter is the prime responsibility of the Disaster Mitigation Branch, one of the three components of the Disaster Reduction Division, the other being the secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and the Disaster Management Training Programme.
In 1996, staff of the Department's units concerned with natural disasters recommended improving coordination within and outside of the Department by joint planning of the Disaster Mitigation Branch, disaster management training programmes andDecade secretariat programmes, collaboration between the Disaster Mitigation Branch and the Relief Coordination Branch for assessment work in the wake of a disaster was initiated.
Within the Disaster Reduction Division,the secretariat and the Disaster Mitigation Branch remain mutually supportive and have brought their respective work plans in line on the basis of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action.
Trust fund resources devoted to the activities of the Disaster Mitigation Branch and the Disaster Management Training Programme Unit, while soon to be transferred to UNDP, have not been replenished during the past year.
The Department of Humanitarian Affairs has incorporated the functions of the Disaster Mitigation Branch and the Decade secretariat in its recently established Disaster Reduction Division, while retaining the identity of the secretariat within the Decade framework.
For example, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction secretariat and the Disaster Mitigation Branch are being merged in order to combine their respective roles in promoting an international policy framework and strategy options for disaster mitigation and in providing support for formulating priorities and work programmes at the country level.