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国际搜索与救援咨询团（INSARAG）成立于1991年。其成立源于专业国际城市搜索与救援（USAR）队的倡议，这些队伍曾共同参与1985年墨西哥地震和1988年亚美尼亚地震的救援行动。为避免与现有结构重复，该团体在联合国（UN）现有人道主义协调框架内设立。为此，该团体秘书处设在日内瓦的联合国人道主义事务协调厅（OCHA）响应支持处（RSB）应急响应科（ERS）内。The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) was established in 1991. This establishment followed the initiatives of the specialized international Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams who operated together in the Mexican earthquake of 1985 and the Armenian earthquake of 1988. So as not to duplicate existing structures, the group was created within the framework of existing humanitarian coordination within the United Nations (UN). To this end, the group’s secretariat falls within the Emergency Response Section (ERS) of the Response Support Branch (RSB) of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva.

在联合国这一框架下，国际搜索与救援咨询团于2002年成功推动制定了一项联合国大会决议，题为“加强国际城市搜索与救援援助的实效与协调”。该决议被普遍认为为该团体过去二十年取得的大部分进展奠定了基础。Under this umbrella of the UN, the INSARAG has successfully pursued the creation of a UN General Assembly Resolution on “Strengthening the Effectiveness and Coordination of International USAR Assistance” in 2002. This resolution is widely considered to have underpinned much of the progress achieved by the group over the last two decades.

国际搜索与救援咨询团的主要目的是促进各国际城市搜索与救援队之间的协调，这些队伍可随时应召部署到主要因地震而发生建筑物倒塌等毁灭性事件的国家。该团体通过在此类事件发生前为这些队伍提供沟通机会来实现这种协调。这些队伍会议促成了彼此间许多务实协议，简化了实际灾害期间的合作。关于这些队伍如何合作的大量细节可见于《国际搜索与救援咨询团指南》，这是一份动态文件，概述了该团体内部商定的原则。The INSARAG’s primary purpose is to facilitate coordination between the various international USAR teams who make themselves available for deployment to countries experiencing devastating events of structural collapse due primarily to earthquakes. The group achieves such coordination through facilitating opportunities for communication between these groups ahead of such events. These meetings of teams have resulted in many practical agreements between them that have streamlined working together during actual disasters. Much of the details on how these teams have agreed to work together can be found in the INSARAG Guidelines, a living document outlining the principles agreed within the group.

2021年，国际搜索与救援咨询团纪念开展拯救生命工作30周年。In 2021, INSARAG commemorated 30 years of life-saving work.

• 《这就是国际搜索与救援咨询团：30年备灾与响应——纪念版》This is INSARAG: 30 Years of Preparedness and Response – Anniversary Edition
• 《The Exposure Story：城市搜索与救援30年》The Exposure Story: 30 Years of Urban Search and Rescue
• 时间线：国际搜索与救援咨询团30年Timeline: 30 Years of INSARAG