In an interview with IRNA in New Delhi, India, Hamid Pourmohammadi added that the proposal of establishing the center has been approved by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
The center will be establised to reduce the effects of natural disasters in the region and handle their consequences, Pourmohammadi noted
The official added that organizations, involved in confronting natural disasters, including the Presidential Office’s Department for Planning and Strategic Supervision, National Disaster Management Organization and National Geographic Organization, are members of the center.
