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Coordinadora Nacional Para La Reducción De Desastres
The National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (, CONRED) is a Guatemalan government organization created to prevent disasters or reduce their impact on society, and coordinate disaster relief efforts. Day-to-day management is carried out by the Executive Secretary of CONRED, also known as SE-CONRED. The current Executive Secretary of CONRED is Oscar Estuardo Cossío Cámara, a former Vice Minister of Defense and former general of the Guatemalan Army. CONRED is responsible for assessing potential hazards, impending or actual disasters based on information provided by the National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH), and for declaring states of alert. Once a disaster has been declared, it is responsible for the coordination of cross-sectoral disaster relief efforts. CONRED is part of a Central American network of governmental disaster relief agencies known as the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Guatemala
Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic, where by the President of Guatemala is both head of state, head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the Forms of government, government and the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, Congress of the Republic. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Guatemala is a Constitutional Republic. Constitution of Guatemala, Guatemala's 1985 Constitution provides for a separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Legislative branch The Congress of Guatemala, Congress of the Republic ''(Congreso de la República)'' has 158 members, elected for a four-year term, partially in departmental constituency, constituencies and partially by nationwide proportional representation. Judicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
