WHEREAS, it has become necessary to provide appropriate and timely responses to disaster before, during and after the disaster period at all levels through establishing a coordinated, accountable and decentralized system in scalable manner;
WHEREAS, it is found essential to back with legal frame-work the implementation of disaster risk management approach by engaging all concerned bodies with the aim of reducing disaster risks;
WHEREAS, it is required to bring about a paradigm shift on the existing system that mainly focuses on drought and supply of life saving relief emergency assistance during disaster to a comprehensive disaster risk management approach;
NOW, THEREFORE, this Regulation is issued by the Council of Ministers Pursuant to Article 5 and 39 of the Definitions of Power and Duties of the Executive Organs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation No. 916/2015:
