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Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Arab Region - Regional Synthesis Report 2005–2015

This report seeks to measure progress in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation in the Arab Region by synthesizing the outcomes of the HFA national progress reports submitted in the period 2005-2015 by 15 Arab countries.

The main goal of

Flooding is becoming a serious concern in the Arab region.
Recurrent flooding is becoming more of a threat in the Arab region, a part of the world usually associated with drought and desertification.
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<b>Inundated: </b>Heavy flooding across the Gaza Strip displaced 10,000 people. Photo credit: Palestinian Information Center
The worst snow storm in decades affected large parts of the Middle East and tested disaster preparedness and management in the region. ‘Alexa’ affected several states, including Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria, causing evacuations, blackouts, damage to thousands of homes, road closures, and livestock losses. Snow fell in the Egyptian capital Cairo for the first time in more than 100 years ago, according to local news reports. In Palestine, heavy flooding across the Gaza Strip displaced approximately 10,000 people to temporary shelters. Heavy snow cut off dozens of communities across the West Bank and tens of thousands of homes were left without electricity. Significant loss of livestock occurred.
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City mayors and municipal councilors from around the world today called on governments to ensure greater participation of local authorities in decision-making on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in national policy and regulatory frameworks.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

This monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the Global Platform 2013 plenary session on the private sector for resilient societies; (ii) the adoption of the United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster

From left: Amjad Abbashar, UNISDR head of office for Arab States with the Mayor of Mogadishu, Mohammed Ahmed Nur, at the First Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Aqaba yesterday.
The Mayor of Mogadishu has got a result. After two tiring days traveling from his ruined city, Mohammed Ahmed Nur, was confident that something good would come out of the networking opportunity provided by the First Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction organized by UNISDR and partners this week.
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On the speaker's platform yesterday for the closing session of the First Arab Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. From left: Juerg Zumstein, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Ambassador Shahira Wahbi, League of Arab States;  Dr. Muhanned Adnan Hararah, Aqaba's Commissioner for Environment and Health Control; UNISDR head of office for Arab States, Amjad Abbashar; and Jo Scheuer, Coordinator, DRR and Recovery Team, UNDP.
Mayors and local government representatives across the region now have ten days during which to comment on the Arab Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities which was agreed yesterday at the First Arab Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction organized by UNISDR and partners
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From left: Ambassador Shahira Wahbi of the League of Arab States with UNISDR Head of Office for the Arab States, Amjad Abbashar, at the closing today in Aqaba of the First Arab Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Representatives from across the Arab world today called for continuity and further strengthening of the existing global framework for disaster risk reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) as they concluded the First Arab Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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From left: UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlstrom, and Aqaba Chief Commissioner, Dr. Kamel Mahadin, share a light-hearted moment as he accepts certification of the city's role model status in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign.
The host of this week's First Arab Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the busy Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba, has become the first city in the region to be recognized by UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign as a role model.
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Petra is the first of the "seven wonders of the world" to join UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign, an event which was officially marked this week during a visit to Jordan by UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström.
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