Afghanistan: Law on disaster response, management and preparedness in the Islamic State of Afghanistan 2012
This Law is enacted for the management and prevention and mitigation of causes of natural and unnatural (human-generated) disasters, as well as post disaster situations and its impact, and the salvation of legal properties during and post disasters in Afghanistan.
This law institutes the National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC) which assumes the responsibility for the management of all disaster related affairs. It also institutes the Office of Disaster Preparedness (ODP), which is mandated to manage and coordinate all disaster related activities in Afghanistan. The ODP shall implement the recommendations and decisions adopted by the NDMC with support from the representatives of member ministries, departments, agencies and provincial and district administrations and the affected communities.
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