About The Southern Cone Disaster Preparedness SeminarIn an effort to develop regional and multilateral plans for
disaster preparedness and response operations, USSOUTHCOM
and the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), with assistance from the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Argentina, co-sponsored The Southern Cone
Disaster Preparedness Seminar. This seminar was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in
Buenos Aires, Argentina June 13-16, 2000. Representatives from civil and
military sectors from several countries were present. These countries included
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Spain.
Participants included the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO), the Center for Disaster Management and
Humanitarian There were a series of presentations, panel discussions and two roundtables that provided the participants with an opportunity to elaborate on their success to date in the disaster preparedness and response operations field as well as to find ways to collaborate regionally in this area. Emphasis was placed on efforts toward further coordination of efforts in prevention, mitigation and recovery activities. This Web site contains each country presentation in addition to short summaries of the text and some audio and visual presentations of the seminar. The site was designed specifically in accordance with E-Class to make the information easily accessible and understandable. You can navigate the web site by using the navigation bar on the left-hand side of this window (blue background with white text). This navigation bar contains links to each of the topics available on the web site, and will be visible from all pages within the Seminar web site. If you click on text which is underlined, it will take you to that page. For example, clicking on 'Argentina' will take you to the Argentina section of the web site, where you can view media from Argentina's presentations. In general, if you see underlined text colored either blue or white, it is a link to another section of the web site. Using this navigation bar, you can explore the sections of the web site which are of direct interest to you. You will also see "Back" and "Next" links which will take you through a 'tour' of the site, visiting each page sequentially. You can click the Next link below to begin the tour and view Introductory materials. |