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The High-Level Conference on Disaster Reduction of the Association of Caribbean States was held from 14 to 16 November 2007 in Saint-Marc, Republic of Haiti. This first-ever meeting on the subject for the countries of the Greater Caribbean was attended by delegations from 21 ACS Members (including Ministers, high-ranking disaster reduction specialists and experienced diplomats), over 18 international and regional organisations as well as members of civil society. In all, over 120 people participated in the Conference.

The 27-point ACS Saint-Marc, Haiti, Plan of Action for Disaster Risk Reduction, the major Conference outcome, as well as a resolution with further recommendations, was adopted by the Ministerial Council of the Association at its 13^th Meeting on 25 January 2008. Thus, it has became part of the Work Programme of the Special Committee on Natural Disasters and of the respective Directorate. It finally has created a link between the work of the ACS in disasters to the international agenda that was agreed at the United Nations.