In each of these major disasters — the tsunami in 2004, 250,000 dead, the Kashmiri earthquake in Pakistan, 2005, 85,000 dead, the Haitian earthquake, about 300,000 dead, more recently the awful earthquake-tsunami combination which struck Japan and its nuclear industry — in all of these instances, we see partnerships between international actors, interagency, private-public working with security forces to respond to this kind of natural disaster.
Bij elk van deze grote rampen — de tsunami in 2004, 250.000 doden, de aardbeving in Kasjmir in Pakistan, 2005, 85.000 doden, de Haïtiaanse aardbeving, ongeveer 300.000 doden, meer recentelijk de vreselijke aardbeving-tsunamicombinatie die Japan en haar nucleaire industrie trof — in al deze gevallen zien we partnerschappen ontstaan tussen internationale actoren, interdepartementale, publiek-private samenwerking met de veiligheidstroepen om te reageren op dit soort natuurrampen.