NAY PYI TAW, Oct. 4 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministers and officials celebrated the annual 'ASEAN Day for Disaster Management' with the theme 'Bridging Disaster Recovery to Resilience' today in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi said "ASEAN exerted solidarity through our regional mechanisms, such as the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance, and ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Teams. Yet much remains to be done to strengthen our resilience."
ASEAN is among the most disaster-prone region in the world. In 2018, ASEAN particularly faced a difficult year as it recorded over 400 disaster o...