The INSARAG Regional Group for Africa and Europe held its third meeting, and the Steering Group its fifth meeting, hosted by the Government of Germany and under the auspices of the United Nations Department for Humanitarian Affairs (DHA), on 27 – 30 April 1997 at the Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) Federal Training Centre, Neuhausen, Germany. Participants represented twenty-two countries, the United Nations system, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and non-governmental organizations, involved in disaster response both as assisting and receiving countries. 

1997 INSARAG Africa Europe Meeting Report (English)

Welcome to INSARAG Europe-Africa-Middle East Regional Group. Here you will find reports and information about the regional group meetings, exercises and training activities.

Asia-Pacific Regional Chair New Zealand Mr. Paul Turner [email protected] Assistant National Commander; Fire & Emergency NZ
Mr. Craig Monrad [email protected]
Mr. Ian Duncan [email protected] National & International Response Manager, NZ Fire and Emergency National HQ
Incoming Chair Pakistan Mr. Muhammad Idrees [email protected] National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Pakistan _ Policy FP
Mr. Raza Iqbal [email protected] Director, National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Pakistan_ Operational FP
Outgoing Chair South Korea Mr. Yil  Lee [email protected] Director General 119 Rescue & EMS Bureau of the Korean National Fire Agency
Mr. Choi Seongchul [email protected]; [email protected] Sectional Chief, Rescue Division of the Korean National Fire Agency

The contact details of focal points from countries and organizations of the Regional Group can be found in the INSARAG Directory. Those countries that do not appear in the Directory have not informed the Secretariat of the designation of their INSARG Focal Points. 

INSARAG SECRETARIAT

Please contact the INSARAG Secretariat at:

Emergency Response Section (ERS)

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Tel: +41 22 917 3484

[email protected]

There were no INSARAG Asia Pacific Regional Group Earthquake Response Exercise organised in 2010.

Welcome to INSARAG Asia Pacific Regional Group. Here you will find reports and information about the regional group meetings, exercises and training activities.

70 participants from 21 countries and organizations (will be finalized later) working on urban search and rescue (USAR) gathered for the annual International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) Asia-Pacific (A-P) Regional Meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on 20 October, 2015.

The meeting was hosted by The Ministry of Interior of the Government of the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand (NZ) the Regional Chair 2015, and co-organised by OCHA in its capacity as the INSARAG Secretariat that is located in the Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) in the Emergency Services Branch (ESB) of OCHA Geneva.

 

Chairman Summary of Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2015

Popowerpoint slides used in the meeting

Group Photo