Statements and messages

Intensive day and night search and rescue in Kahramanmaraş, the epicentre of the earthquake
As recovery and reconstruction efforts continue, the emphasis on building back better and leaving no one behind is imperative to enhance the disaster resilience of infrastructure, individuals, and communities in the affected region.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Wildfire Whittier California 2017
UNDRR expresses condolences and solidarity with the people and government of Chile as they battle growing forest fires.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
a hazard sign on a beach in Tel Aviv with sirens to facilitate early warnings systems
Tsunamis can in an instant destroy entire towns and erase decades of development.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
IDDRR card 2023
Fighting inequality is the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction let us reaffirm our commitment to investing in resilience, adaptation, and building a safe and just future.
United Nations - Headquarters
Afghanistan earthquake
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of UNDRR, Ms. Mami Mizutori, expresses her condolences to the families of the victims of the earthquake that struck western Afghanistan on 7 October
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Storm Daniel Causes Flooding in Libya
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) expresses its sympathies to the people of Libya in the aftermath of the widespread flooding in the eastern part of the country.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Moroccan Red Crescent teams on the ground to provide urgent assistance
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) stands in solidarity with the people of Morocco in the wake of the earthquake that struck the country on Friday.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mami Mizutori
It is a pleasure to be a part of this global gathering for the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework, a process mandated by the General Assembly that began in October 2021.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
climate protection landscape
I welcome the Synthesis Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who have been a leading voice on the danger posed by the runaway climate crisis.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
SRSG Mami Mizutori
The 8th anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 comes at a time of rapidly increasing global risks, fragility, and disaster losses.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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