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UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, addressing the High School Students Summit for World Tsunami Awareness Day

5 November 2018

Students from 48 countries mark #TsunamiDay2018

For the third year, Japan hosted a High School Students Summit to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day. UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, urged them to become youth ambassdors for disaster risk reduction.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office

The High School Students Islands Summit for World Tsunami Awareness Day

Updates

14 November 2017

Youth hold tsunami summit in Japan

For the second year, a High School students Summit was organised in Japan to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day. Young people from 26 countries participated.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office

Mr. Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, addresses the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management in Fiji (Photo: UNISDR)

Updates

26 October 2016

Pacific countries step up disaster risk reduction

Pacific countries have pledged to step up efforts to deal with the challenge posed by climate change and the threat of disasters, in order to ensure that their development is sustainable.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific

Documents and publications

Reports

27 June 2014

Asia-Pacific input document for the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HFA2): risk sensitive development as the cornerstone of resilience and sustainability

This document reflects the inputs received from an extensive multi-stakeholder consultations process involving governments, organizations and various networks in the Asia-Pacific region from March 2012 to date. At the request of the United Nations (UN)