1.The Indian Ocean tsunami
“Six Rs” (i.e. Reduce disaster risks,Rebound quickly, Reinvigorate leadership, Renovate the plan,Respond better, and Revive the ASEAN’s sense of community) that transpire from ASEAN’s experience throughout the tsunami episode and the events that followed.
2. facing the global community today is to adopt modes of development that reduce disaster risks and facilitate achievement of sustainable development goals. Disasters are not inevitable. On the contrary, they can be managed and risks can be reduced through appropriate development policies, relevant preparedness programmes, and responsive actions.
3. disasters into opportunities to rebound the devastated communities and better re-build the destroyed structures and damaged mechanisms. In the villages devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the earthquakes in Indonesia and the landslides in the Philippines, among many recent disasters, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction must ensure that webuild back better.
4. risk reduction efforts. We need to ensure that communities affected by disasters couldrebound quickly, and recover from the tragedy much less vulnerable and more resilient than ever.
5. the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta charted the road map for improving emergency relief operations, coordinating rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected areas, and reinforcing the need for prevention, preparedness and mitigation. ASEAN Member