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)

95 participants from 21 countries and organizations 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 Xi’an, China, on 25 and 26 August, 2016.

The meeting was held in Xi’an, China, hosted by China Earthquake Administration (CEA), the INSARAG A-P Regional Chair 2016, and co-organized by OCHA in its capacity as the INSARAG Secretariat that is located in the Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) of the Emergency Services Branch (ESB) in OCHA Geneva.

Chairman summary

Annex A

Annex B

Annex C

Annex D1

Annex D2

Annex D3

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 

 

 

The annual meeting of INSARAG Asia-Pacific Regional Group was held in Kobe, Japan on 14 September 2010 in conjunction with the first INSARAG Global Meeting. The meeting was organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, as well as OCHA in its capacity as the INSARAG Secretariat. The meeting was attended by 50 participants from 22 countries and 1 regional organisation.

2010 INSARAG Asia-Pacific Meeting Chairman Summary (Arabic)
2010 INSARAG Asia-Pacific Meeting Chairman Summary (English)
2010 INSARAG Asia-Pacific Meeting Chairman Summary (French)