Asia (2020)

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected all the States and regions across the world since the outbreak in the beginning of the year of 2020. The Asian region is no exception. Despite the severe impacts of this disastrous pandemic , the efforts of responding to and preventing from disaster risks remain in active both at the regional and at the national level. This article aims at showing the progress in the field of idl practice in Asia. There are two significant regional treaties in the Asian region, namely the asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (aadmer)1 and the saarc Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters.2 In particular under the aadmer the asean has continuously developed further mechanisms and tools relevant to the regional cooperation of disaster management, giving due consideration to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework).3 2 Southeast Asia 2.1 Disaster Management Framework for 2021-2025 On 27 November 2020, the 8th Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (ammdm) and the 9th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (cop) to the aadmer were jointly organized as a virtual conference.