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,
认识到为实现经济增长、可持续发展和国际商定的发展目标（包括千年发展目标）而作出的努力可能因自然灾害而受到不利影响，并注意到这些努力对于加强各地人民应付自然灾害的能力可以作出积极的贡献，