REPUBLICOF TAJIKISTAN

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1Ninety-three percent of Tajikistan's territory ismountainous, and the mountain glaciers are the source ofits rivers. Tajikistan is an earthquake-prone area. Therepublic is bounded by China in the east, Afghanistan tothe south, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to the west andnorth. The central Asian republic also includes the GornoBadakh Shan Autonomous region
6000-7000 meters above sea level. Tajikistan has
experienced three changes in government and a five-year
civil war since it gained independence in 1991 from theUSSR. Republic of Tajikistan (2000 estimated population
6,995,000),

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Location:Central Asia, west ofChina
Geographic
coordinates:
39 00 N, 71 00 E
Map references:
Asia
Area:
total: 143,100 sq km
water: 400 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km

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Climate:midlatitudecontinental, hotsummers, mild
winters;
semiarid topolar in Pamir
Mountains
Elevation
extremes:
lowest point:
Syr Darya(Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point:
Qullai Ismoili
Somoni 7,495 m

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Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than
Wisconsin
Land boundaries:
total: 3,651 km
border countries:
Afghanistan 1,206 km,
China 414 km,
Kyrgyzstan 870 km,
Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)

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Natural resources:hydropower, somepetroleum, uranium,
mercury, brown coal,lead, zinc, antimony,tungsten, silver, gold
Land use:
arable land: 5.41%
permanent crops:
0.92%
other: 93.67% (1998est.)
Irrigated land:
7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
Earthquakes andfloods

42• Total fertility rate:• 4.17 children
born/woman (2003est.)• Nationality:• noun: Tajikistani's)
adjective: Tajikistani• Ethnic groups:• Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek
25%, Russian 3.5%
(declining because ofemigration), other
6.6%• Religions:• Sunni Muslim 85%,
Shi'a Muslim 5%• Languages:• Tajik (official),
Russian
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5Country name:
Republic of Tajikistan
Administrative divisions:
3 provinces and 1
autonomous province &36 districts;
chief of state: President
Emomali RAHMONOV(since 6 November 1994;
head of state andSupreme Assembly
chairman since 19November 1992)

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63International organization participation:
AsDB, ADRC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO,ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM,IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IOC,IOM, ITU, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN,UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO,WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
(observer)

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7ECONOMY - OVERVIEW:
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2001est.): $7.5 billion; per capita $1,140.
Real growth rate: 8.3%. Inflation:33%. Unemployment: 20%. Arable
land: 5%. Agriculture: cotton, grain,fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle,sheep, goats. Labor force: 3.187
million (2000); agriculture 67%,industry 8%, services 25% (2000est.). Industries: aluminum, zinc,lead, chemicals and fertilizers,
cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting
machine tools, refrigerators andfreezers.

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84DISASTER MANAGEMENT OVERVIEWOF TAJIKISTAN

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9Main Actors

State Commission on Emergency Situations under
the President of RT
Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense
Institute of Geology, Seismology and SeismicConstruction
REACT (Rapid Emergency Assessment andCoordination Team)UN Country TeamIFRC and Tajik Red Crescent Society
NGO Community
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TOP 10 DISASTERS IN TAJIKISTAN
DisasterDate

AffectedDrought

May 2000

3,000,000

Flood

27 May, 1996

180,000

Flood

8 May, 1993

75,357

Drought

May 2001

67,500Flood

25 May, 1992

63,500Flood

23 April, 1998

43,974

Earthquake

31 October 2000

17,000

Epidemic

13 February, 1997

15,618Flood

12 July, 1999

9,392

Flood

5 July, 1994

6,051

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TOP 10 DISASTERS IN TAJIKISTAN

Disaster

Date

KilledFlood

25 May, 1992

1,346

Land slide

13 May, 1992243

Epidemic

13 February, 1997

168

Flood

23 April, 1998

57

Land slide

19 November, 199740

Epidemic

31 May, 1996

32

Flood

12 July, 1999

27

Land slide

18 March, 1992

12

Land slide

23 February, 1998

11Flood

8 May, 1993

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Disaster Scaling

Four levels of disasterscalingObject level (enterprise,farm, village)
District level
Regional level
Central/National level

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2.
3.
4.

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Disaster Typology
Category

Peopleaffected

Households
livelihoods
disrupted

Extent ofmaterial
damageArea affected

Object (economic entity)
emergency< 10<100<10,000
Times minimum salaryWithin the limits of theaffected entity

District/RayonEmergency

10-50

100-500

10,000-50,000
Times minimum salaryWithin the district limits

Regional/Oblast
emergency

50-100500-1,00010,000-50,000
Times minimum salaryWithin the boundaries ofone region

National/Republican
Emergency

100-500>1,000500,000-1,000,000
Times minimum salary

2 adjuscent regions or 3
districts of Republican
subordination

Boundary Emergency---

Neighboring states aswell as Tajikistan

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147Earthquake

Khait eq.,1949
Karatag eq.,1907

Dushanbe

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Lake Sarez

Sarez eq.,1911

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Lake Shadau
Lake Sarez

Lake Sarez

Lake Shadau

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Lake Sarez
length – 55.8 km; absolute surface height –3,263 m above MSL; maximum width – 3.3km; maximum depth – 500 m; maximum
water volume – 16.074 km3; received
balance – 47.1m3/sec = 1,487 million
м3/year; surged balance – 47.7 m3//sec =1,505 million m3/year; maximum seasonal
fluctuation of the lake level – 12 m.

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LSRMP
Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense
Republic Of Tajikistan
Financing Plan of the LSRMP (million USD)The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
International Development Agency (IDA)
Swiss Government (seco)
Unated States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID)
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)
TOTAL- 0.17- 0.47
- 2.90- 0.25
- 0.50- 4.29The components of the project:
Component A- 2.5 (seco)
Component B- 0.7 (0.5 AKF and 0.2 USAID)
Component C- 0.4 (seco)
Component D- 0.64 (0.47 IDA; 0.17 Republic of Tajikistan)

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Transmission
SystemMU9 aSatellite(Inmarsat IOR)

2 Flow sensors
2 x 2 Flood sensors

Barchidiv(Automatic activating)ndata acquisitio
level 3,1

MU9 b

Alarm control

level 33,ls 2,leve4,,2, 3
ls 1
leve

Dushanbe

panel

Barchidiv(Manual activating)1 Inmarsat D+(Manual activating)
4

MU1

1 HF
(voice+ alarm desactivaton)

GPS

Right landslide

taels
lev

da

1 Inmarsat D+

Khorogactiv VH
ati Fon(2nd

1 HF (voice)
1 Inmarsat D+

4,,2, 3ls 1
levelevels 1,2, 3, 4

4levels
1,2, 3,3,4

lelev
els

1,2,rm,3ala

1 SMA with own

l 1,2

Phone line
levels 2, 3, 4

leve

vels1,2,n

3

3,4,
1,2

ioisitquacMU2
Near right landslideon firm rock

MU3Irkt

CU + MU6(existing Tajik HydroMeteoservices station)
Flow meter1 HF existing (voice)(Automatic activating)way)

1 SMA, 3 VHF,
1 Inmarsat D+,
1 Meteostation

cable

MU4
Bay

2 lake level (PLL)
2 Lake level (WLL)

wireslevels 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4
daVillageszone 2Villageszone 1

1 HF (voice)
1 Inmarsat D+

1 HF (voice)
1 Inmarsat D+

1 HF (voice)
1 Inmarsat D+

Level 0: Normal situation. Transmission of parameters
Level 1: Abnormal situation. Check to be done
Level 2: Get ready signal
Level 3: Escape signal
Level 4: Back to normal signal

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1 HF (Voice)
1 Inmarsat D+

DamHousenF sitio
VH quiacta

Control panel
Villageszone 3

MU5
Dam crest,
central part

MU7
Murghab river(downstream)2 x 2 Flood sensors
1 VHF

MU8

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GLACIERS IN TAJIKISTAN

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Risk Category

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Disaster Vulnerability

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2211Disaster vulnerability

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NATIONAL DM SYSTEMPRESIDENT

Prime Minister,
Head of Civil
DefenseDept. Of
Ecology&Emergency
Situations.
State Commission
for Emergency
Situations

ChairmanRegional
KhukumatRegional HQof the MoES

Regional Commission
for Emergency
Situations

ChairmanDistrict
Khukumat

District HQof the MoES

District Commission
for Emergencies

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Ministry ofEmergency
Situations

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Roles & Responsibilities

District and Regional Level –Chairman of Khukumat andEmergency Commissions
National Level – State Commission
for Emergencies coordinates,
guides and assigns tasks tosectoral Ministries

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Expectations

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Improved cooperation and coordination
among main stakeholders, i.e. mechanism forregular information exchange
National Natural Disaster Risk Reduction
Programme for Tajikistan
National Disaster Preparedness Plan for RT
Better utilization of all existing in-country
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International Community

REACT: information exchange, coordinationof efforts, joint assessment
IFRC/TRCS: public awareness programme,
training programmes, supporting nongovernmental rescue teams
UNDP: Preparatory Assistance Project for
Natural Disaster Risk Reduction

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Ministry of Emergency
Situations and Civil Defense
Republic of Tajikistan

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The responsibility of the
Ministry of Emergency Situations & CivilDefense•The Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil defense ofRepublic Tajikistan is the state authority speciallyauthorized on the decision of problems in the field ofprotection of the population and territory from extreme
situations natural and ethnogeny the character,conducting a uniform state policy and carrying out thegovernment in the field of the prevention and liquidationsof emergency situations, and also coordination of activity
republican

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Legislative-normative base of Republic
Tajikistan• Constitution RT• The Laws making changes andadditions in constitution• the Constitutional laws, thedecrees of President RT valid forthe law, regulating separate
questions in area CHS• Normative decrees of President
RT• Normative decisions Madzhlisi
Oli• Normative governmental orders
Normative orders of the Ministryof Emergency Situations andother central agencies• The Law « About civil defense

2008/1/30• The law « About hydrometeorological activity »• TheLawonwildlife
management RT• The Law on protection ofatmospheric air• The State ecological program• TheState
programofecologicaleducation
andformation of population• The Qualifier of extreme
situations
naturalandethnogeny character• The Law on protection ofpopulation• The Law on the status of therescuer

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PERSONNEL POTENTIAL• Preparation:• Qualified personnel• Experts of rescuers• Experts on forecasting of emergency
situations• Medical personnel• Experts on carrying out of no production
actions• Training of experts• Improvement of professional skill

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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION• The Conclusion of interstate contracts• Co-operation with internationalorganizations• Participation in realization of theinternational programs

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STRUCTURE
Ministry of Emergency Situations & Civil Defense
MinisterFirst Deputy Minister

Deputies Minister

Management of techniques and arms

Management of constriction

Agrarian-industrial enterprise “Najot”

Management of medicine

General staff

Management of protectionof the population and territories

Management of Usoy

Publishing enterprise

Republican item of management

Management of “Center of rescue”

Military rescue parts

Studying – methodical center

Chemical-radiometric laboratory

Agency on problems of Lake Sarez

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Department of the international co-operation

Management of rear

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Agency on foreign hunting and tourism

LSRMP Sarez Project3417Rahmonov Suhrobsho Abdurahmonovich
Republic of Tajikistan
E-mail: rahim@netrt.org
Suhrob_rahmonov@yahoo.com
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