Overseas Emergency Relief Act. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2007 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards International relations/cooperation Financing Public health Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Act is to contribute to providing rapid rescue of human lives and relief to disaster affected countries when overseas disasters occur, by prescribing the matters necessary for overseas emergency relief, such as dispatch of emergency relief teams, provision of emergency relief supplies, and support for interim recovery from disasters to affected countries. Article 8 establishes that the Government shall establish and operate a public-private joint council for overseas emergency relief with respect to large-scale overseas disasters prescribed by Presidential Decree in order to deliberate and decide on basic matters necessary to facilitate overseas emergency relief operations. The text consists of 17 articles. Full text English Website www.klri.re.kr