The Tsunami Tragedy: How the U.S. is Responding and Providing Relief : Briefing Before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, January 26, 2005U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 107 pagini |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 26
Pagina 19
... capacity to provide clean water - 79,000 gallons a day - to people on the shore who so des- perately needed it . The US military's unique resources to assess the situation and deliver aid when and where others could not made its actions ...
... capacity to provide clean water - 79,000 gallons a day - to people on the shore who so des- perately needed it . The US military's unique resources to assess the situation and deliver aid when and where others could not made its actions ...
Pagina 22
... capacity to manage growth through these design principles . We should also be careful that our rebuilding efforts not make the problem worse in the future ; for example , indiscriminate logging for lumber to reconstruct houses and ...
... capacity to manage growth through these design principles . We should also be careful that our rebuilding efforts not make the problem worse in the future ; for example , indiscriminate logging for lumber to reconstruct houses and ...
Pagina 25
... capacity they have , and they did a remarkable job on their own through their own ministries and their own emergency man- agement agencies and their own militaries . The Indians , who were severely damaged by this on the coast- line ...
... capacity they have , and they did a remarkable job on their own through their own ministries and their own emergency man- agement agencies and their own militaries . The Indians , who were severely damaged by this on the coast- line ...
Pagina 27
... capacity to move rapidly , and the NGO community in what worked extraor- dinarily well , very rapidly . I didn't even know this distribution project happened until a week after it was all finished . And so we actually had our ...
... capacity to move rapidly , and the NGO community in what worked extraor- dinarily well , very rapidly . I didn't even know this distribution project happened until a week after it was all finished . And so we actually had our ...
Pagina 28
... capacity of local government and provincial and national government to respond to natural disasters on their own in the future . Those will be the areas that we will be working on . Thank you very much . [ The prepared statement of Mr ...
... capacity of local government and provincial and national government to respond to natural disasters on their own in the future . Those will be the areas that we will be working on . Thank you very much . [ The prepared statement of Mr ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
affected areas affected countries agencies American assess assistance Banda Aceh Blumenauer build camps clean water coast colleague commitment Committee CONGRE CONGRESS THE LIBRARY cooperation coordination damage devastation displaced donors early warning system earthquake emergency ensure FALEOMAVAEGA families funding going groups helicopters humanitarian immediate important India Indian Ocean Indonesia Indonesian Government Indonesian military infrastructure International Rescue Committee issue JERSEY LARSON Leach leadership LIBRA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS livelihoods lives logistical long-term Maldives ment microcredit million Natsios natural disasters NGOs operations opportunity oral rehydration salts organizations Pacific plans PREPARED STATEMENT President programs RARY rebuild reconstruction efforts recovery region rehabilitation relief and reconstruction relief efforts RESS schools sector Somalia South Asia Sri Lanka staff Thailand Thank tion trafficking tragedy tsunami response tsunami-affected U.S. Government U.S. military UNICEF USAID vulnerable water and sanitation West Papua World Bank
Pasaje populare
Pagina 39 - Commission, agreed to a 10-year implementation plan for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
Pagina 8 - Member, for any opening comment he might have. [The prepared statement of Mr. Smith of New Jersey follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND...
Pagina 41 - ... global economic slowdown, further reducing growth rates. It has now become all the more urgent to enhance collaboration among all stakeholders to promote sustained economic growth and to address the long-term challenges of financing for development. Our resolve to act together is stronger than ever. 6. Each country has primary responsibility for its own economic and social development, and the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized.
Pagina 49 - Thank you. Mr. Smith. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to welcome our panel.
Pagina 2 - The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to today's hearing on the use of steroids by young women to enhance athletic performance and body image.
Pagina 93 - I want to thank all of the members of the panel for their testimony today.
Pagina 23 - His decorations include the Legion of Merit with three gold stars, the Meritorious Service Medal with one gold star, the Navy Commendation Medal with one gold star, and the Navy Achievement Medal.
Pagina 43 - FOR ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE General ALLEN.
Pagina 24 - FAA consults with the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and other federal agencies...
Pagina 6 - Indian seismologist, it is estimated that the energy released from the tsunami itself was 350 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 and the earthquake which caused the tsunami had the power of 32,000 hydrogen bombs.