DUSHANBE, April 13, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik Deputy Prime Minister, Azim Ibrohim, has met here with Mr. Charles Kelly, Consultant to the Disaster Risk Management Program (DRMP) of UNDP Tajikistan.

The two sides reportedly expressed satisfaction with the level of participation of international organizations and donor countries in the process of providing humanitarian aid to the disaster-affected districts and cities of Tajikistan.

International experts of UNDP Tajikistan intend to additionally assess actual volume of losses caused by natural disasters to the economies of some cities and districts of the country in cooperation with the Government of Tajikistan and submit rehabilitation programs for disaster-affected areas for consideration to international financial institutions and donor countries, the source said.

The Disaster Risk Management Program (DRMP) is the primary mechanism through which UNDP addresses disaster preparedness, response, recovery and risk reduction in Tajikistan.  DRMP was originally established in 2003.  It addresses the serious and chronic problems faced by Tajikistan and its regional neighbors with regard to natural disaster management – comprising of disaster preparedness, response, recovery and most importantly mitigation and prevention by three UN agencies (UN ISDR, OCHA, led by UNDP).