WESTERN HEMISPHERE NATIONS CONSIDER DISASTER RESPONSE
September 10, 2008
September 10, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
With the hurricane season in full swing in the Western Hemisphere, it seemed appropriate that the 34 countries that came together for the eighth Conference of the Defence Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) called for better planning and coordination in dealing with natural disasters.
That call was one of several issues outlined in the final communiqu� for the September 2-6 confere . . .
With the hurricane season in full swing in the Western Hemisphere, it seemed appropriate that the 34 countries that came together for the eighth Conference of the Defence Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) called for better planning and coordination in dealing with natural disasters.
That call was one of several issues outlined in the final communiqu� for the September 2-6 confere . . .