Accepted at the tenth plenary session of Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the State Parties of the CIS by the resolution of December 6, 1997, No. 10-6
About protection of the population and the territories against emergency situations of natural and technogenic nature
This Law governs the relations in the field of the protection of the population and the territories of the state against emergency situations of natural and technogenic nature which is in modern conditions the most important part of safety.
The model law "About Protection of the Population and the Territories against Emergency Situations of Natural and Technogenic Nature" aims to determine general organization-legal regulations in the field of protection of citizens of the state, the foreign citizens and stateless persons which are in the territory of the state (further - the population), all land, water, airspace within the state or its part, subjects to production and social appointment, and also the surrounding environment (further - the territory) from emergency situations of natural and technogenic nature.
Emergency situation * (1) - the situation in certain territory which developed as a result of accident, natural hazard, catastrophic crash, natural or other disaster which entailed or the human victims, damage to health of people or the surrounding environment can entail, considerable material losses and violation of conditions of life activity of people.
Emergency situations are classified depending on the number of the people who were injured in these situations, people at whom conditions of life activity, the size of material damage, and also border of zones of distribution of the striking factors of emergency situations were violated.
The prevention of emergency situations - complex of the events held beforehand and directed to the greatest possible reduction of risk of emergence of emergency situations, and also to preserving human health, decrease in the extent of damage to the surrounding environment and material losses in case of their origin.
The prevention of the socio-political, international conflicts and mass riots and action for their settlement is not included into competence of this Law.
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