Pacific actors gather in Fiji for humanitarian responses against natural disasters

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The organizer, Office for the Coordination² of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement that the workshop that focuses on promoting international, regional and national best practice will build on the lessons learned from a number of humanitarian responses over the last 12 months including the 2011 droughts in Tuvalu and Tokelau, Tropical Cyclone³ Wilma that hit Vanuatu in March 2012 and the January and February 2012 Fiji floods.

During the workshop, participants will discuss how a possible weak El Ni?o phenomenon and tropical cyclones⁴ will affect different Pacific island countries in the coming months and what preparedness actions organizations can take to ensure effective, predictable and accountable humanitarian responses that are achieved through partnership⁵.

They will work to develop concrete actions for how different sectors⁶ such as health, nutrition, shelter and education can respond to a range of different emergencies including earthquakes, tsunamis⁷, floods, volcanic⁸ eruptions⁹ and tropical cyclones all of which have affected¹⁰ the Pacific Island region over the last five years, says the statement.

The Pacific Humanitarian Team is a unique collaborative partnership between all major humanitarian actors in the Pacific islands region. Pacific island countries, UN agencies, NGOs and donor¹¹ organization work together to ensure a coordinated¹² humanitarian response.

Peter Muller, Regional Disaster Response Advisor¹³ Pacific, explained that the team has responded to over 17 natural disasters in the last five years and "we work in one of the world's most susceptible¹⁴ regions to natural disasters".

"This meeting gives us the opportunity to come together as a humanitarian community and build capacity to respond stronger than before," Muller said.

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