Artikel V

CDEMA shall have the following objectives:
a) mobilising and coordinating disaster relief;
b) mitigating or eliminating, as far as practicable, the immediate consequences of disasters in Participating States;
c) providing immediate and coordinated response by means of emergency disaster relief to any affected Participating State;
d) securing, coordinating and providing to interested inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations reliable and comprehensive information on disasters affecting any Participating State;
e) encouraging: (i) the adoption of disaster loss reduction and mitigation policies and practices at the national and regional level;
(ii) cooperative arrangements and mechanisms to facilitate the development of a culture of disaster loss reduction; and
(i) the adoption of disaster loss reduction and mitigation policies and practices at the national and regional level;
(ii) cooperative arrangements and mechanisms to facilitate the development of a culture of disaster loss reduction; and
f) coordinating the establishment, enhancement and maintenance of adequate emergency disaster response capabilities among the Participating States.