Armed Forces and Disaster Armed Forces and Disaster Management: Experience Sharing in Management: Experience Sharing in

Coordinating Humanitarian Assistance Coordinating Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Reliefand Disaster Relief

MAJ GEN SRISARAN DHIRADHAMRONG

SPECIAL ADVISOR, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, KINGDOM OF THAILAND

Disasters in ThailandDisasters in Thailand

• Flood Flood

• ColdnessColdness

• Drought Drought

1. Searching survivors and gathering bodies

2. Area improvement: removing and dismantling debris and obstacles out of the area and dumping them in the province’s designated area for 300 times

3. Aircraft support in the total of 432 flights with 616.10 hours of flight duration

4. Supporting aircraft to transport patients and concerned staff and transport relief bags

5. Distributing relief bags and usable and consumable goods

6. Repairing and building houses

7. Medical care and mental rehabilitation

3rd ASAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting 3rd ASAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (3rd ADMM) (3rd ADMM)

Concept PaperConcept Paper

ASEAN Defence Establishments and Civil Society Organizations ASEAN Defence Establishments and Civil Society Organizations Cooperation on Non-traditional Security Cooperation on Non-traditional Security

Workshop on Thailand-initiated Concept Paper on: Workshop on Thailand-initiated Concept Paper on: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)

co-hosted by the Ministry of Defence, Kingdom of Thailand and co-hosted by the Ministry of Defence, Kingdom of Thailand and the Ministry of Defence of Malaysiathe Ministry of Defence of Malaysia

8-9 June 2009, Bangkok

Objectives: Objectives:

To explore and identify possible ways, mechanisms and cooperative To explore and identify possible ways, mechanisms and cooperative approaches among ASEAN defence establishments and CSOs on HADR, and approaches among ASEAN defence establishments and CSOs on HADR, and to deepen ASEAN defence establishments and CSOs cooperation through to deepen ASEAN defence establishments and CSOs cooperation through practical and concrete activities. practical and concrete activities.

Workshop on Thailand-initiated Concept Paper on: Workshop on Thailand-initiated Concept Paper on: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)

co-hosted by the Ministry of Defence, Kingdom of Thailand and co-hosted by the Ministry of Defence, Kingdom of Thailand and the Ministry of Defence of Malaysiathe Ministry of Defence of Malaysia

8-9 June 2009, Bangkok

Lesson LearntLesson Learnt

•Lack of communication and cooperation between CSOs and military. Lack of communication and cooperation between CSOs and military.

•Language is one of the barriers faced by the local CSOs in Thailand. Language is one of the barriers faced by the local CSOs in Thailand.

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster preparedness

Disaster response

Disaster recovery/reconstruction.

Thank you