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Half of a clock tower in Finale Emilia dating from the 13th century (known as the torre dei modenesi) collapsed following the 2012 earthquake that struck the Emilia-Romagna region. The remaining half fell following an aftershock.
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Italy moves on disaster loss database

Italy has moved to empower its leaders to make better informed decisions to reduce the country's overall disaster risk.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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.
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The Mayor of Mogadishu goes networking

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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
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.
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Arab cities set targets for risk reduction

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
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
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.
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Arab States agree position on HFA2

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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
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.
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Aqaba’s resilience protects investments

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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
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Petra joins UNISDR Cities Campaign

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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström briefing the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Joran, Nasser Joudah, on UNISDR's work.
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Jordan sticks with HFA despite refugee crisis

UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström met yesterday with senior government ministers of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan who briefed her on the challenge to disaster risk management in the resource-starved country as it seeks to meet the needs of an estimated 440,000 Syrian refugees.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
From left: Mr. Minbolot Bekzhanov, Head of the Secretariat of Kyrgyzstan's National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Mr. Ara Barseghyan, Deputy Director of Armenia's National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction following the signing of a partnership agreement.
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Central Asia meets on HFA2

Regional cooperation on disaster risk reduction in Central Asia and the South Caucasus received a major boost this week as representatives from eight countries consulted with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Minister of International Development of Finland, Heidi Hautala, speaking at the opening of the Global Thematic Consultation on Conflict, Violence and Disaster and the Post-2015 development agenda.
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Call to save lives and protect investments from war and disasters

More than 100 delegates from over 20 countries met in Helsinki today to discuss how to make sure countries around the world can better prevent the fallout of conflicts, war and disasters from reversing the gains in development, economic growth and provision of services to their people in the future global development agenda.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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800-year-old lesson from Japan

Reaching back hundreds of years to learn the lessons of history combined with the best of modern know-how is the ideal mix to build more resilient communities and nations.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - New York UNHQ Liaison Office

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