The Ministers for Disaster Management of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa, met in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India on 22nd and 23rd August 2016 at the 2nd Meeting of the BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management.
The Ministers adopted the Udaipur declaration whereby setting up a Joint Task Force for Disaster Risk Management for regular dialogue, exchange, mutual support and collaboration among BRICS countries. The Joint Task Force shall consist of one representative from each BRICS country and will be chaired by rotation by the representative of the country holding chairmanship of BRICS during that year.
