Recognizing that efforts to achieve economic growth, sustainable development and internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, can be adversely affected by natural disasters, and noting the positive contribution that those efforts can make in strengthening the resilience of populations to such disasters,
认识到自然灾害可能对实现经济增长、可持续发展和国际商定的发展目标、包括千年发展目标的努力产生不利影响，并注意到这些努力可有助于加强人民应付自然灾害的能力，