ASEAN launches new emergency satellite warehouse in Chai Nat, Thailand

The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) launched a new emergency satellite warehouse on 13 December in Chai Nat Province, Thailand. Together with the satellite warehouse in Camp Aguinaldo, Philippines, which was recently launched last July, ASEAN reaffirmed commitment to increase speed and scale of response to disasters in the region.

The said satellite warehouse shall be co-managed by the AHA Centre and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), Ministry of Interior, Thailand and supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).