"Safety and security of our volunteers is absolutely our top priority and we are continually looking at this topic and I have to say that in the last few years we have done an amazing amount of work to try to improve both our systems to support volunteers, to ensure confidentiality and to strengthen their preparedness and training."

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"They're just doing their military preparedness and doing their operational exercises and it's for those air defense purposes, and anti-ship purposes.

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We don't know. The issue is, and that's what this meeting is about, is preparedness.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Dr.Chan said all countries should immediately activate their pandemic preparedness plans and countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.

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Also attending are delegations from the African Union, the United Nations emergency preparedness office, the World Health Organization and the Red Cross as well as representatives from Egypt,Mali, Jordan and Nepal.

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