He tells VOA that the natural disaster could not have happened at a worse time for Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

We are all aware of that." Law Minister Veerappa Moily says India does not have a law to deal with a mass disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"Actually,in Afghanistan, we have large families which have been destroyed, and that is a great disaster.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

"It not only will affect the growth and the economic development, but it will have a severe consequence especially on the disaster emergency relief funding that will be required,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The Smolensk air disaster changed a lot of that.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"Health and hospitals are basic areas of well being, lets say,that when a major disaster or a smaller disaster occurs, if you do not have health facilities that function and can respond to the needs you create yet another level of disaster,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"We discussed climate change extensively and all of us agreed that it was imperative for us to redouble our efforts in the weeks between now and the Copenhagen meeting to assure that we create a framework for progress in dealing with what is a potential ecologic disaster,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.03