14 JULY 2015
When Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, welcomed her counterparts for the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting late last week, improving responses to disasters in the region was top of the agenda.
“Over the next two days, foreign ministers from Pacific island countries will discuss how we can strengthen our coordination and improve how we prepare for and manage natural disasters in this region,” Bishop said. “We will focus on practical ways to achieve this, including harnessing the private sector and improving the role of women in responding to natural disasters.”
Source: DevEx