|
We, the Heads of State/Government,
Special Envoys and Heads of regional as
well as international organizations, who
gathered here on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta,
Indonesia, expressed solemnly our profound
sorrow and our solidarity to overcome the
unprecedented catastrophe befalling the
Indian Ocean rim countries on 26 December
2004.
This unprecedented devastation
needs unprecedented global response in assisting
the national governments to cope with such
disaster. This would entail efforts in emergency
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction
that may take five to ten years, with resources
that cannot be borne by any individual country.
We deeply appreciate the
generous contribution and assistance offered
by many countries and the overwhelming expressions
of support and assistance from governments,
non-governmental organizations and citizens
of the world at large.
We applaud the leading
role of the affected countries in addressing
this disaster, and we recognize the role
of the United Nations in assisting the affected
countries’ coordination of international
assistance at the emergency relief phase.
We underlined the need
to coordinate better and ensure that those
contributions would be effective and sustainable,
to truly address the suffering of the victims
and to prevent such calamity from recurring.
We expressed our continuing
commitment to assist the affected countries
and their peoples in order to fully recover
from the catastrophic and traumatic effects
of the disaster, including in their mid
and long-term rehabilitation and reconstruction
efforts.
To these ends, we agreed
to :
| 1. |
Emergency Relief |
| |
a. |
Urgently mobilize further
additional resources to meet the emergency
relief needs of victims in the affected
countries. |
| |
b. |
Request the United Nations
to mobilize the international community
to support the national relief emergency
programs in the affected countries,
and welcomed in this regard, the Flash
Appeal by the United Nations. In this
connection, further request the United
Nations to appoint a Special Representative
of the UN Secretary-General for the
above purpose; to convene an international
pledging conference for the sustainability
of humanitarian relief efforts; and
to explore the establishment of “standby
arrangement” at the global level
for immediate humanitarian relief efforts.
|
| |
c. |
Strengthen coordination
and cooperation of the national, regional
and international relief efforts, to
ensure effective and immediate distribution
of the assistance. |
| |
d. |
Support the efforts of
the affected countries, as national
coordinators, to ensure an effective
channeling and utilization of assistance
as offered by donor countries, international
organizations and non-governmental relief
organizations. |
|
2.
|
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction |
| |
a. |
Support and emphasize
the importance of national rehabilitation
and reconstruction programs given the
devastation of the basic infrastructures
and services in the affected countries.
The reconstruction and rehabilitation
phase should link seamlessly with the
humanitarian relief efforts. |
| |
b. |
Call on the international
community, in particular the donor countries,
the World Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, the Islamic Development Bank,
European Investment Bank, and related
international financial institutions
to provide the necessary fund for the
viability and sustainability of those
programs. |
| |
c. |
Establish a partnership,
upon the request and the leadership
of the country concerned, involving
donor countries and regional as well
as international financial institutions,
to support the respective national programs
of the affected countries. |
| |
d. |
Welcome the initiative
of several countries on the moratorium
of payments of the external debt of
the affected countries to augment their
national capacity to carry out the rehabilitation
and reconstruction efforts. |
| |
e. |
Promote and encourage
private sector participation in and
contribution to the rehabilitation and
reconstruction efforts. |
| 3. |
Prevention and Mitigation
|
| |
a. |
Support ASEAN’s decision
to establish regional mechanisms on
disaster prevention and mitigation,
inter alia: |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
i. |
The utilization of military
and civilian personnel in disaster relief
operation and an ASEAN Humanitarian
Assistance Centre, as provided for in
the ASEAN Security Community Plan of
Action; |
| |
|
ii. |
ASEAN Disaster Information
Sharing and Communication Network, as
provided for in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community component of the Vientiane
Action Programme; |
| |
|
iii. |
A regional instrument
on disaster management and emergency
response. |
| |
b. |
Establish a regional early
warning system such as Regional Tsunami
Early Warning Center on the Indian Ocean
and the Southeast Asia region. |
| |
c. |
Promote public education
and awareness as well as community participation
in disaster prevention and mitigation
through inter alia a community based
disaster preparedness and early response. |
| |
d. |
Develop and promote national
and regional human and institutional
capacity, transfer of know-how, technology,
and scientific knowledge in building
and managing a regional early warning
system and disaster management through
international cooperation and partnership. |
We believe that through
concerted efforts, spurred by spirit of
compassion and sacrifice and endurance,
together, we will prevail in overcoming
this catastrophe.
|
