'Bangladesh still faces challenges in disaster preparedness'
Bangladesh is still facing some challenges in disaster management although the country has been impressive recently in this sector, says a press release of the office of the United Nations Resident Coordination in Bangladesh yesterday."Bangladesh has developed an open impressive capacity to respond to disasters if and when they strike", UN Resident Coordinator Renata Dessallien said, adding, Bangladesh still faces challenges in disaster management. She was speaking at a two-day tabletop exercise organised by the United Nations Country Team that ended yesterday. However, she assured the government of Bangladesh that the UN is ready to support the country in its effort to strengthen preparedness and response capacity. The two-day tabletop exercise was held to review and discuss the actions that the UN and its partners in Bangladesh would take in response to a large-scale flood disaster. National and international experts, staff from the UN OCHA Bangkok and senior officials of the government bilateral donor agencies, NGOs and UN agencies participated at the tabletop exercise who recommended improved contingency planning.
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