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Law No. 261-VI “On international humanitarian aid in an emergency.”

Pays/Territoire
Turkménistan
Type du document
Législation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Alimentation et nutrition
Mot clé
Risques Sécurité alimentaire Collectivité locale
Aire géographique
Asie, Mer Caspienne, Asie Centrale, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe et Asie Centrale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Asie du Nord
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Résumé

This Law establishes that international humanitarian assistance in an emergency shall be intended assistance provided by a facilitating entity to any state in the liquidation of emergency situation and its consequences, and assistance in carrying out emergency rescue, recovery, as well as other urgent work. Facilitating entity shall be intended an international or national facilitating entity participating in providing international assistance both on the territory of Turkmenistan and on the territory of foreign states. Supplies shall be intended material, technical, food, medical and other goods and funds intended for the provision of international assistance, as well as basic necessities (food, clothing, footwear, hygiene items, medicines, medical products and others), designed to meet the needs of persons affected by emergency situation. The objectives of this Law are: (a) the establishment of the functions, powers and responsibilities of state bodies that promote actors in the provision of international assistance; (b) provision of international assistance by Turkmenistan to a foreign state; (c) determining the minimum requirements to be met by the contributing entity, providing international assistance; (d) provision of international assistance by Turkmenistan through assistance in transit traffic through the territory of Turkmenistan to foreign states on the territory of which arose emergency; (e) determination of the procedure for initiating, coordinating and terminating activities to provide international assistance; (f) provision of international assistance to Turkmenistan by the facilitating entity in the event of emergency on its territory; and (g) assistance in reducing the vulnerability of persons affected by an emergency through immediate supply of basic necessities, assistance in increasing legal, organizational readiness of the population for emergency situations. State regulation and control in the field of international assistance is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the State Commission of Turkmenistan for Emergency situations, authorized body in the field of providing international assistance, ministries and departments, bodies of local executive power and local self-government bodies within their competence. The authorized body assesses the need to provide Turkmenistan with international assistance, analyzing the situation in accordance with the peculiarity, type and scale of damage (harm), caused by an emergency. This Law contains XI Chapters divided into 53 Articles. Chapter I lays down general provisions. Chapter II establishes state regulation and control in the field of rendering international assistance. Chapter III establishes the grounds for rendering international assistance to Turkmenistan. Chapter IV regards coordination of international assistance activities. Chapter V establishes basic responsibilities of the assistance entities. Chapter VI establishes the right to obtain legal benefits. Chapter VII assigns some types of legal benefits to the holders of legal rights. Chapter VIII regards transit of international aid through the territory of Turkmenistan. Chapter IX regards the particulars of the activity of holders of legal rights and assistance entities. Chapter X lays down grounds for rendering of international assistance to foreign states by Turkmenistan. Chapter XI lays down final provisions.

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