- From: Soenke Ziesche <sziesche@gmx.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:54:15 +0200
- To: public-disaster-management-ont@w3.org
Dear Craig, Sorry, that I can’t respond as comprehensively. I guess my main point remains that in the majority of countries worldwide the UN would take the lead (in cooperation with local governments) in disaster response. In those cases the cluster approach (or sometimes still the previous, but in terms of terminology not that different sector approach) is applied. I’m not saying that it is all perfect, but I would find it counterproductive to develop a vocabulary which differs from the one which is prevalent, i.e. the cluster/sector and who-does-what-where terminology. Regarding two of your questions: > Where, for instance, is a map of P-codes showing their exact geographic boundaries in > lat/long? See here for Pakistan: http://www.unhic.org/usr/sub_Map_Show.aspx?mapId=51 > a few concerns about following the UN lead everywhere: > - lack of NGO participation and cooperation with same NGOs are always considered as crucial (implementing) partners by the UN, who participate in the relevant meetings. This doesn’t apply to some NGOs who – as a matter of principle – don’t cooperate much with the UN. Best regards, Soenke -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer
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