The Column Vol 86
THE 19TH MEETING OF THE AHA CENTRE GOVERNING BOARD
The 19th Meeting of the AHA Centre Governing Board was held on 10 October 2023 as part of the 11th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and related meetings in Ha Long, Viet Nam.
THE 19TH MEETING OF THE AHA CENTRE GOVERNING BOARD
The 19th Meeting of the AHA Centre Governing Board was held on 10 October 2023 as part of the 11th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and related meetings in Ha Long, Viet Nam.
MONTHLY DISASTER REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
OCTOBER 2023 | DISASTER MONITORING & ANALYSIS (DMA) UNIT AHA CENTRE
For the month of October 2023, a total of 77 disasters were reported in the ASEAN region. The number of reported occurrences was 2.8x less than the number of reported disasters in October of the last year. The ASEAN Member States affected for October 2023 were Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Viet Nam. Majority of the disaster (62.34%) occurred in Indonesia and accounted for 86.48% of the affected persons (about 320K persons) and 66.75% of affected houses (around 11.35K houses) for this reporting period.
ASEAN WORKSHOP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE CAPACITY BUILDING ROADMAP
ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Since the inception of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) in 2009, the ASEAN region has been dedicated to enhancing its disaster management capacity. This commitment was further demonstrated at the ASEAN Workshop on the Development of the Capacity Building Roadmap on 24-27 October 2023 in Singapore.
