Traduction de «Charte internationale «Espace et catastrophes majeures» » (Français → Anglais) :

The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute, in accordance with Article 4, to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons as enshrined in the TEU, in the TFEU, in the Charter and in the international human rights conventions to which the Union has acceded, are promoted, protected and effectively implemented.

Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to contribute to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons, as enshrined in the TEU, the TFEU and the Charter and in international human rights conventions to which the Union has acceded, are promoted, protected and effectively implemented, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 TEU.

An important aspect of this cooperation has been the introduction of an international charter called Space and major disasters.

A. conscious of the continuing need of Europe's citizens to be protected against the risks linked with terrorist attacks (such as nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological, attacks in public spaces, etc.) but also with natural disasters (such as earthquakes, floods, fires, forest fires), with technological disasters (such as Seveso, maritime disasters, transport accidents), as well as with health and other crises (e.g., pandemics), in the context of an integrated European strategy, given that such events not only often have major cross-border consequences at a European level, but also make it necessary for the Member States to demo ...[+++]nstrate solidarity with one another and for there to be in place a consistent and interoperable system of response,

20. Expresses its concern about the generally poor performance of the international community in responding to major disasters in different parts of the world and calls upon the EU and the UN - in the context of the emerging partnership - to work towards vastly improving preparedness as regards major disasters, e.g. through establishing joint rapid response units in different regions of the world;

19. Expresses its concern about the generally poor performance of the international community in responding to major disasters in different parts of the world and calls upon the EU and the UN - in the context of the emerging partnership - to work towards vastly improving preparedness as regards major disasters, e.g. through establishing joint rapid response units in different regions of the world;