Law no. 71/NA on Disaster Management. Pays/Territoire Lao, Rép. dém. populaire Type du document Législation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén., Alimentation et nutrition, Eau Mot clé Commerce/industrie/sociétés Responsabilité/indemnisation Évaluation des ressources/des dommages Collecte de données/déclarations Risques Système d'alerte précoce Gouvernance Inspection Institution Gestion intégrée Aires défavorisées Monitorage Santé publique Radiation Évaluation/gestion des risques Protection sociale Fonds spécial Développement durable Législation de base Sécurité alimentaire Eau potable Inondation Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances, Asie du Sud-Est Entry into force notes August 5, 2019. Résumé 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. Texte intégral Lao Site web laoofficialgazette.gov.la