ASEAN-ICRC-VFIM Joint Press Release – Preparing Southeast Asian Countries to Undertake Human Remains Management/Disaster Victim Identification Following Disasters Jakarta, 28 April 2010

Disasters, natural and man-made, always entail immediate responses and one of the most difficult is the management of the dead. The combination of a lack of local capacity to respond and the sheer number of fatalities can be unbearable for local authorities.

Endorsed by the ASEAN Committee on Di