NATO
Logistics
Handbook
October 1997
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Chapter 11: Civil Emergency Planning
Relationship with Russia
1128. Since joining PfP, the one area with full
Russian involvement which has been fully engaged has been the field
of civil emergency planning. Russia has not only participated in
the vast majority of CEP activities conducted under PfP, but
has organized and hosted a number of major events, including
major exercises with civil and military participation.
1129. Most of this cooperation is focused on disaster
preparedness and improving the international mechanism for
disaster response. Both NATO and the Ministry of the Russian
Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of
Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia) have been
active supporters of the United Nations Department of
Humanitarian Affairs (UN-DHA) and, in particular, of the UN-DHA Project
on "the Use of Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster
Relief" (MCDA).
1130. The cooperation between NATO and EMERCOM
of Russia is reflected in the Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) on CEP and Disaster Preparedness which was signed on
20th March 1996. This MOU commits both parties to
accelerate support for practical cooperation and mutual assistance
in disaster, prevention, warning and detection, mitigation,
and response and to increase their efforts in support of the
MCDA project.
REFERENCES
- C-M(85)69
- The Role of SCEPC in Peacetime, Crisis and War
- C-M(89)82
- Terms of Reference of the NATO Civil
Emergency Planning Boards & Committees (PB&Cs)
- C-M(92)14
- Consequences for Civil Emergency Planning of
the New Alliance Strategic Concept
- C-M(96)79
- Ministerial Guidance for Civil Emergency
Planning 1997 and 1998
- C-M(95)31
- NATO Policy on Cooperation for
Disaster Assistance in Peacetime
- MC 336/1
- Movement and Transportation Concept for NATO
- MC 400/1
- Military Implementation of the Alliance's
Strategic Concept
- AD 86-1
- SACEUR Policy and Guidance on
Civil/Military Cooperation
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