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Jerry Velasquez, Head of UNISDR for Asia and the Pacific, at the 4th session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management in Noumea, New Caledonia.
UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed a major policy decision by Pacific Island States to help formulate a new international framework on disaster risk reduction to replace the current Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in 2015.
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Photo / Neil Palmer (CIAT)
The top UN disaster risk reduction official on Friday urged African governments to acknowledge risk reduction as the first line of defense against the impacts of climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
The 4th Session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management opened today with a strong call for Pacific Island Countries and Territories, and donors to address the challenges of climate change in a smarter way.
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From left: Mr. Luca Renda, UNDP Country Director in Lebanon, Mr. Raymond Medlej, advisor to the Minister of Interior and Municipal Affairs, and Mr. Samir Dahir, advisor to the Prime Minister and DRR Focal Point in Lebanon.
A total of 249 municipalities from Lebanon have now officially joined the Making Cities Resilient Campaign, a global initiative led by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk reduction (UNISDR) to protect cities and vital infrastructure.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Naples, Italy
There was a special ceremony today at the World Urban Forum to mark Italy’s strong participation in the two-year-old Making Cities Resilient Campaign with a formal signing ceremony for nine cities from the Basilicata Region and the commune of Bomporto which was severely damaged by the recent Emilia-Romagna earthquake.
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Liu Baochun (left), Director General, Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, and Margareta Wahlström, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction.
One of China's fastest growing cities, Guangzhou, announced yesterday at the World Urban Forum that it is joining UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign and also invited applications for the new Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Dr. Joan Clos, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and chief of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, signed a Statement of Cooperation today, strengthening collaboration between the two agencies' efforts to promote disaster resilient cities.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
View of Gothenburg's Harbour
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today welcomed Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg, into the global "Making Cities Resilient" Campaign, a two-year old campaign to protect lives and reduce economic losses from disasters in urban settings.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Flash floods, bush fires, severe thunderstorms and even snowfalls have resulted in the Australian capital, Canberra, developing organization and coordination mechanisms for disaster risk reduction which have led to it being recognized today by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) as a Role Model for other cities to follow.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
A new study of a major urban safety campaign launched by the UN two years ago has found that political leadership is more important than a city's wealth when it comes to protecting the lives and economic assets of cities and towns from disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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