2. Expresses its deep concern at the high number and the scale of natural disasters and their increasing impact, resulting in massive losses of life and property worldwide, in particular in vulnerable societies lacking adequate capacity to mitigate effectively the long-term negative social, economic and environmental consequences of natural disasters;
2. 深为关切自然灾害的次数多、规模大，其影响越来越严重，给世界各地造成巨大的生命和财产损失，尤其是没有足够能力有效减轻自然灾害对社会、经济和环境产生的长期负面影响的脆弱社会；