A/RES/60/195 those mechanisms, and invites the Secretary-General to strengthen the regional outreach of the Inter-Agency Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in order to ensure such support; 25. Stresses that continued cooperation and coordination among Governments, the United Nations system, other organizations, regional organizations, nongovernmental organizations and other partners, as appropriate, are considered essential to address effectively the impact of natural disasters; 26. Recognizes the importance of linking disaster risk management to regional frameworks, as appropriate, such as the African Regional Strategy for Disaster Reduction developed within the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 8 to address issues of poverty eradication and sustainable development; 27. Emphasizes the need for the international community to maintain its focus beyond emergency relief and to support medium- and long-term rehabilitation, reconstruction and risk reduction, and stresses the importance of implementing programmes related to the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and disaster risk reduction management in the most vulnerable regions, particularly in developing countries prone to natural disasters; 28. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”. 68th plenary meeting 22 December 2005 _______________ 8 A/57/304, annex. 5