The First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties was held in Jakarta

The First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), held in Jakarta on 15-16 March 2012, was chaired by the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Agung Laksono, as Chair of COP in 2012. The Meeting was attended by Ministers in charge of disaster management or their representatives from all ASEAN Member States and the Secretary-General of ASEAN. The COP was the first meeting held after the AADMER entered into force on 24 December 2009. It was held following the direction of the ASEAN Leaders at the 19th ASEAN Summit in November 2011 and the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) at the sidelines of the Summit.


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