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In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
“affected Participating State” means a State in the territory of which a disaster has occurred;
“CARICOM” means the Caribbean Community;
“CDEMA” means the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency established under Article II;
“CDERA” means the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency an Institution of the Community recognized under Article 21 of the Treaty;
“coordinating Unit” means the administrative and operational organ of CDEMA;
“council” means the Organ of CDEMA referred to in Article VI;
“disaster” means the exposure of the human habitat to the operation of the forces of nature or to human intervention resulting in widespread destruction of lives or property, but excludes events occasioned by war or military confrontation;
“disaster management” means the development and implementation of regional and national policies to prevent and mitigate the effects of disaster;
“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of CDEMA appointed under Article VII;
“Fund” means the Emergency Assistance Fund established under Article XXVI;
“Management Committee of the Council or MCC” means the Committee established and appointed by the Council under Article VII;
“National Disaster Management Agency” means the government agency responsible for disaster management;
“Participating State” means a State Party to this Agreement;
“requesting State” means a Participating State which has made a request under this Agreement;
“sending State” means a Participating State which has responded to a request for assistance under this Agreement;
“State” includes a non-politically independent territory of the Caribbean;
“TAC” means the Technical Advisory Committee referred to under Article X; and
“Treaty” means the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) signed at Nassau, The Bahamas on the 5th day of July 2001.