This act establishes a National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to be responsible for the management of areas affected by disasters and similar emergencies, and for the rehabilitation of persons affected by disasters. Specific disaster risk

This law specifies the integrated rescue system and the rights and obligations of legal entities and natural persons in preparation for emergencies, and in rescue and remedy work and in the protection of the population before and during the proclamation

This act creates provisions for dealing with the management of state emergencies and rescues. Specific disaster risk reduction provisions include: article 5(a) which defines prevention in relation to an emergency, and includes the identification of

This law prescribes the basics for the organization of seismic protection in the Republic of Armenia and regulates the provisions connected with them. Specific disaster risk reduction provisions include: chapter 4 which covers assessment and reduction of

This act contains the government’s generic emergency powers legislation in Section 2. It is implied that there must be no expectation that the government will agree to use emergency powers, and that planning and response arrangements must assume that they

This is an act to provide for a national code of local government conduct and to make provisions about certain existing grants and about financial assistance to and planning by local authorities in respect of emergencies. Specific disaster risk reduction

This act makes wide-ranging provisions for national emergencies and civil contingencies. It requires local and regional authorities to design detailed plans for dealing with an emergency. Specific disaster risk reduction (DRR) provisions include: section

This bill responds to recent pressure to introduce legislation to address the threat of flooding and water scarcity, both of which are predicted to increase with climate change. Key areas of the bill: (i) requires the Environment Agency to create a

In Spanish:

Esta ley, que tiene por fines principales proteger la vida y el bienestar público, contribuir a la sostenibilidad de la inversión pública en infraestructura social y económica, así como a prevenir y disminuir los riesgos de desastre.

A bill through which the Government proposes a new law, the civil protection act, to replace the previous emergency law. The legislation contains provisions on the measures the state and municipalities shall take to prevention disasters. It highlights