Law no. 71/NA on Disaster Management. País/Territorio Lao, Rep. Dem. Popular Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2019 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Medio ambiente gen., Alimentación y nutrición, Agua Palabra clave Negocios/industria/corporaciones Responsabilidad/indemnización Valoración del daño/recurso Recopilación de datos/informes Peligros Sistema de alerta temprana Gobernanza Inspección Institución Manejo integrado Áreas deprimidas Monitoreo Salud pública Radiación Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Protección social Fondo especial Desarrollo sostenible Legislación básica Seguridad alimentaria Agua potable Inundación Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral, Países menos desarrollados, Asia Sudoriental Entry into force notes August 5, 2019. Resumen This Law, consisting of 70 articles, defines principles, regulations and measures on disaster management, in order to reduce the effects of disaster on health, lives, assets of the Government, the environment and basic infrastructure, as well as in order to implement efficiently a system of recovery, maintenance and re-construction after disaster, able to link up at regional and international levels, and thus contribute to the national socio-economic development in line with green sustainability and national security policies. According to the Law, disaster is intended as a severely dangerous event, natural and/or man-made, that causes major damages to health, lives, assets, economics and livelihoods of human-being in society, both short-term and long-term; disaster management is the implementation of various principles, regulations and measures on prevention, control and recovery of disaster. What is more, this Law defines the following relevant terms: natural disaster, man-made disaster, dangerous situation, severe disaster, disaster risk, raw data. Texto completo Laosiano Página web laoofficialgazette.gov.la