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and overwhelming. Such catastrophes tend to exacerbate pre-existing problems andinequalities, with vulnerable parts of the population often disproportionately impacted.(Futamura, Hobson & Turner, 2011)Further, Aginam (2011) notes that:Natural or man-made disasters- whether cyclone, tornado, hurricane, flood, tsunami,earthquake, volcanic eruption, forest fire, chemical spill, or climate change-induceddrought, famine, rainfall variation and shrinkage of freshwater supplies- result inunimaginable human suffering, mass starvation and unquantifiable humanitariancatastrophe. Such crises often bring together the two components of Human Security:“freedom from fear”, where a reclusive and dictatorial regime impedes humanitarianassistance from the international community, and“freedom from want”, wheredisasters lead to mass starvation, a breakdown of the public health infrastructure,hunger and lack of the necessities of life. (Aginam, 2011, para. 3.)Compared to Human Rights, Development or Peacekeeping, Human Securityis a relatively new term in foreign policy discourse. As a concept, it is not settledinto one all-encompassing definition, and is far from universally accepted withoutcriticism. This essay does not attempt to define Human Security officially, or makespecific policy recommendations on behalf of any particular government, Japanese orotherwise. Instead, it seeks to apply Human Security as a framework for analyzing theUN’s potentially greater role in disaster management, addressing the central questionof what it can do to operationalize its Human Security policy further in the 21stcentury. This is one key role that the UN can offer in the provision and protection942