PHNOM PENH, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations will continue technical supports to Cambodia in national disaster management, the United Nations Humanitarian Chief said here on Monday.
During a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Valerie Amos, United Nations Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that her visit to Cambodia was the first of her four-country trip in ASEAN to examine the possibility for increasing cooperation between the UN. and respective country, and between the UN and the ASEAN in disaster mitigation.
Amos hailed Cambodia's National Committee for Disaster Management and Cambodian Red Cross for timely and effective provision of emergency aid to flood-affected victims last year.
Meanwhile, she pledged to continue providing technical support and capacity building for the two institutions in order to respond more effectively for eventual disasters in the future.
Hor Namhong thanked the United Nations for its 4 million U.S. dollar emergency relief to Cambodia during the last year's flood disaster.
He said that countries in ASEAN, especially countries along Mekong River, are prone to natural disasters such as floods and drought due to climate change.
He added that the UN's financial and technical supports are highly valuable to ease the suffering from those disasters.
Cambodia was Amos's first trip of her four country visit between March 19 and 23. Her next visit is Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, according to a press release from the United Nations Development Program to Cambodia on Monday.
During a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Valerie Amos, United Nations Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that her visit to Cambodia was the first of her four-country trip in ASEAN to examine the possibility for increasing cooperation between the UN. and respective country, and between the UN and the ASEAN in disaster mitigation.
Amos hailed Cambodia's National Committee for Disaster Management and Cambodian Red Cross for timely and effective provision of emergency aid to flood-affected victims last year.
Meanwhile, she pledged to continue providing technical support and capacity building for the two institutions in order to respond more effectively for eventual disasters in the future.
Hor Namhong thanked the United Nations for its 4 million U.S. dollar emergency relief to Cambodia during the last year's flood disaster.
He said that countries in ASEAN, especially countries along Mekong River, are prone to natural disasters such as floods and drought due to climate change.
He added that the UN's financial and technical supports are highly valuable to ease the suffering from those disasters.
Cambodia was Amos's first trip of her four country visit between March 19 and 23. Her next visit is Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, according to a press release from the United Nations Development Program to Cambodia on Monday.
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