The Civil Contingencies Committee is a

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chaired by the

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. It is intended to deal with major crises such as

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or natural disasters. It is supported by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, which is part of the Cabinet Office. The Civil Contingencies Committee is held in Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, giving the committee its popular name COBRA. However, this is not an official name, even if it is sometimes used by officials.: "It sounds great but it stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, so it's rather mundane," reflects Lord O'Donnell." The Civil Contingencies Committee, through the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, operates a website, ''UK Resilience'', which is intended as a central source of public information on British civil defence and disaster preparedness activities.

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