DISASTER MANAGEMENT

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ASSOCIATION of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed how its members should cooperate in a major disaster, such as another Tsunami. Countries including Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand approved a comprehensive deal on how they should coordinate military and civil emergency services.



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