UNDPDisaster Relief in Coastal RegionsDemocratic Republic of CongoFUNDRAISING. Topic BackgroundProviding coastal disaster relief has always been a problem. It is difficult to obtain the money needed to pay for property damage, especially in developing countries. However, for developing countries, this can reverse years of progress. This is a situation that is all the more frightening as natural disasters are becoming more and more frequent in the southern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The number increased from three per year in 1980 to more than 13 in 2006. This increase is unlikely to stop anytime soon and developing countries will not be able to compete with nature.II. United Nations involvementThe UN must use tactics for disaster areas, prevention and relief. The UN and NATO have partnered on numerous missions to provide relief to disaster-stricken areas. They coordinated aid and helped provide the money needed to rebuild the areas. Another source of aid is the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF). The DREF participates in the disaster of the International Federation...