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Hurricane season 2010
Satellite Image of Caribbean regionTropical Weather Outlook
from TPC/National Hurricane Centre, Miami, Florida
For the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico
Issued at: 200 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010


THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM EARL...LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLOTTETOWN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF GASTON CONTINUE TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION.
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Agreement establishing the CDERA
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGENCY
MEMBERSHIP
OBJECTIVES
ORGANS OF THE AGENCY
THE COUNCIL
FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE COORDINATING UNIT
FUNCTIONS OF THE COORDINATING UNIT
SUB-REGIONAL DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONAL UNITS
UNDERTAKING OF PARTICIPATING STATES
RELATIONS WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
DISCIPLINED FORCES
DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF ASSISTANCE
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND CONTACT POINTS
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS
COSTS OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE
PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND FACILITIES TO BE ACCORDED A SENDING STATE AND ITS PERSONNEL
TRANSIT OF PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY
CLAIMS AND COMPENSATION
THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE AGENCY
REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF OF THE AGENCY
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXES AND CUSTOMS DUTIES
SUSPENSION OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION
ENTRY INTO FORCE
DEPOSITARY
AMENDMENTS
WITHDRAWAL
PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
ANNEX
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THE STATES PARTIES:

CONSCIOUS that the fragile economies and ecosystems of Caribbean States are extremely vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters;

RECALLING that during recent decades many Caribbean States have been adversely affected by a succession of hurricanes, namely Barbados (1955); Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Haiti (1964); Dominica and the Dominican Republic (1979); Saint Lucia, Haiti and Jamaica (1980) and Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat (1989);

RECALLING FURTHER the volcanic eruptions in Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1902); Guadeloupe (1976); St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) as well as the earthquakes in Jamaica (1902); Puerto Rico (1918); the Dominican Republic (1946) and Antigua and Barbuda (1974);

MINDFUL that, from time to time, several States of the Caribbean are subject to disastrous floods and landslides;

AWARE of the need to complement the initiatives of the Pan Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project by establishing a mechanism among Caribbean States in order to facilitate immediate and coordinated assistance to States participating therein in the event of a disaster;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Caribbean" means the territories of Member Countries of the Pan Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Preservation Project;

(b) "CARICOM" means the Caribbean Community;

(c) "Coordinator" means the Disaster Emergency Response Coordinator appointed pursuant to Article 7;

(d) "disaster" means a sudden event attributable directly and solely either to the operation of the forces of nature or to human intervention or to both of them and characterised by widespread destruction of lives or property accompanied by extensive dislocation of public services, but excluding events occasioned by war, military confrontation or mismanagement;

(e) "national relief organisation" means the governmental agency charged with responsibility for disaster relief management;

(f) "Participating State" means a State party to this Agreement and "affected Participating State" means such a State in the territory of which a disaster has occurred;

(g) "State" includes a dependent political entity of the Caribbean.



 

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