Uzbekistan Humanitarian Background
- Calamities and Seasonal Affects
- Capacity and Contacts for In-Country Emergency Response
  - Government
  - Humanitarian Community

Uzbekistan Humanitarian Background

Disasters, Conflicts and Migration
Natural Disasters	Yes / No	Comments / Details
Drought	Yes	Aug-2000 , No Total Affected : 600,000
Earthquakes	Yes	15-May-1992 , No. Killed : 9 , No Total Affected : 50,000 20-Jul-2011 , No. Killed : 13
Epidemics	Yes	4-Feb-1998 , No Killed : 40 , No Total Affected: 148
Extreme Temperatures	n/a	n/a
Flooding	Yes	24-Feb-2005 , No Total Affected : 1,500
Insect Infestation	n/a	n/a
Mudslides	n/a	n/a
Volcanic Eruptions	n/a	n/a
High Waves / Surges	n/a	n/a
Wildfires	n/a	n/a
High Winds	n/a	n/a
Other Comments	Mass movement (wet) - 24-Nov-1999 , No. Killed : 24 , No Total Affected : 400 Mass movement (dry) - Jan-1992 , No. Killed : 1
Man-Made Issues
Civil Strife	n/a	n/a
International Conflict	n/a	n/a
Internally Displaced Persons	n/a	n/a
Refugees Present	n/a	n/a
Landmines / UXO Present	n/a	n/a
Other Comments	Miscellaneous accidents: 8-Jul-1998 , No Killed : 95 , No Total Affected:21,300 16-Feb-1999 , No. Killed : 12, No Total Affected :2,688 10-Jul-2008, No. Killed : 8, No Total Affected :3,530 Transport Accidents: 13-Jan-2004 , No. Killed : 37 19-Oct-2006 , No. Killed : 15

For more detailed database on disasters by country, please see the Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters:

EMDAT information on Uzbekistan

Calamities and Seasonal Affects

Seasonal Affects on Transport
Transport	Comments	From (month) to (month)
Primary Road Transport	Heavy snow in mountains areas which could result snow falls which can affect sometimes transportation from Tashkent to Ferghana Valley, however roads has been maintained properly and it could cause delay only one or two days.	Dec - Feb
Secondary Road Transport	n/a	n/a
Rail Transport	Heavy snow in mountains areas which could result snow falls which can affect sometimes transportation from Tashkent to Ferghana Valley	Dec - Feb
Air Transport	Heavy snow in mountains areas which could result snow falls which can affect sometimes transportation from Tashkent to Ferghana Valley	Dec - Feb
Waterway Transport	n/a	n/a

Seasonal Affects on Storage and Handling (economic, social, climate...)
Activity	Comments	From <month> to <month>
Storage	There are no major affects which could stop or suspend commodity Storage.	n/a
Handling	There are no major affects which could stop or suspend commodity handling.	n/a
Other	n/a	n/a

Capacity and Contacts for In-Country Emergency Response

Government

Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been established by the Decree of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Establishment of Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan” №UP-1378 dated March 4, 1996 and Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On issues of activity organization of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan” №143 dated April 11, 1996. Regulations and structure of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have been approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On issues of activity organization of the Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan of Emergency Situations” №143 dated April 11, 1996.

For information on Uzbekistan Ministry of Emergency Situations, please see the following documents:

Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Civil Protection diagram

Uzbekistan Legislative Foundation of Civil Protection

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

For information on Uzbekistan Government contact details, please see the following link:

4.1 Uzbekistan Government Contact List

Humanitarian Community

For information on Uzbekistan Humanitarian Community contact details, please see the following link:

4.2 Uzbekistan Humanitarian Agency Contact List

For information on Uzbekistan Humanitarian Community additional details, please see the following document:

Uzbekistan Humanitarian Organizations Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.