Dhaka, July 8 -- The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), in partnership with the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), on Tuesday officially launched a pioneering report titled "Harmonising Humanitarian Assistance (HA)/Disaster Relief (DR) in the Bay of Bengal" that underscored the urgent need to harmonise regional efforts in HA/DR in the face of intensifying natural disasters.

The report launched at the BIMSTEC Secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday is seen as a "significant step toward" regional cooperation in disaster response and climate resilience.

The report builds on insights from the IPCS-BIMSTEC-HD policy implementation worksh...