Database on foreign agreements, treaties on disaster risk management launched

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday launched a database on foreign agreements and treaties related to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) to which the Philippines is a party.

The DFA, through the Office of Civilian Security, said it launched the database in celebration of the National Disaster Resilience month.

“The database aims to provide a consolidated reference for generating periodic reports on its compliance with various DRRM agreements and treaties, in order to help strengthen partnerships and coordination among all key actors and stakeholders in disaster risk reduction and management,” the DFA said in a statement.

According to the DFA, the database includes multilateral instruments such as the Paris Agreement on climate change and bilateral treaties with countries like Vietnam, Norway, and Thailand.

Each entry contains a summary of the key points of the instrument and is linked to a copy of the document.

“The database is in line with Activity 11.2.1, Output 11.2, Outcome 11 of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan 2020-2030, which calls for the conduct of an inventory of foreign agreements/treaties on DRRM to which the country is a party,” the DFA said.  —Richa Noriega/VBL, GMA News