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The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction.

Geneva International Conference Center, Switzerland, 31 August - 4 September 2009 WCC-3 will focus on how humankind can benefit from the advances in climate prediction and information services to manage climate-related risks as a way of developing
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Today, the first World Humanitarian Day will be observed. The Day was established last year by the United Nations General Assembly to honor all humanitarian and the United Nations and associated personnel who have lost their lives in the cause of duty and
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More landslides can be expected as climate change exacerbates rainfall intensity – but their impact can be reduced, stresses the UN organization charged with coordinating global disaster risk reduction. "As this week's tragic events in East Asia show once again, people living on unstable slopes and steep terrains are particularly at risk from landslides in the wake of torrential rain and flooding," says Margareta Wahlström who heads the UN International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). "While landslides are hard to predict, people living in landslide-prone areas can be alerted in advance if there are monitoring and warning systems in place to measure rainfalls and soil conditions." View full story
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The international conference on ‘Building a Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction’ is co-organized by Incheon Metropolitan City and UNISDR and will bring together 200 participants.
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The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the Government of the Republic of Korea are opening Asia's first ISDR Education and Training Institute for Urban Risk Reduction in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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On 27-29 July 2009 UNISDR Europe attended the Disaster Prevention Workshop organized by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agencies (MSB), Swedish National Platform Coordinator, in close cooperation with the Swedish Ministry of Defense, in the context of the
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The second session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was held from 16 to 19 June in Geneva, Switzerland and attracted approximately 152 governments, 137 organizations, and 1688 delegates. Africa alone accounted for more than 160 participants with a government delegation of over 40 countries including high-ranking government and political leaders. View full story
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On 21-22 July 2009 the first meeting of the Programme National Correspondents was hold for the Euro-Mediterranean Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disaster (PPRD South). PPRD South is coordinated by a consortium
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17 July 2009, Palais des Nations 1.15-2.45 pm Room XXII The side event will brief on the outcomes of the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2009. It will build on the Chair’s Summary of the Global Platform and highlight the lessons, findings and recommendations from global and regional reports and the conclusions from the five high-level panels, each of which is being represented by the Panelists. > More information
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IPCC is looking for disaster risk reduction experts to be lead authors and review editors. Nominations must be made by national IPCC focal points by 27 July 2009. Disaster risk reduction experts may have broad, conceptual knowledge of disaster risk
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