The purpose of this Act is to contribute to providing rapid rescue of human lives and relief to disaster affected countries when overseas disasters occur, by prescribing the matters necessary for overseas emergency relief, such as dispatch of emergency relief teams, provision of emergency relief supplies, and support for interim recovery from disasters to affected countries. Article 8 establishes that the Government shall establish and operate a public-private joint council for overseas emergency relief with respect to large-scale overseas disasters prescribed by Presidential Decree in order to deliberate and decide on basic matters necessary to facilitate overseas emergency relief operations. The text consists of 17 articles.
République de Corée · 2007-03-29