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China’s Minister of Civil Affairs H.E. Li Liguo said today his country would continue to strengthen local resilience focussing on early warning, flood monitoring, and emergency response. China is also committed to stronger regional cooperation on disaster risk reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
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DRR must go local says Asia

Ministers and top government officials from 22 countries in Asia Pacific today identified strengthening local governance and community capacity as the key elements for a successful post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.

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UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström told today’s 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction: ‘The outcome of your conference is important for Asia and it is important for the world.’ (Photo: UNISDR)
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UNISDR Chief: “recapture spirit of 2005”

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction today urged the world to recapture the spirit of 2005 when, following the shock of the Indian Ocean tsunami, all UN Member States adopted a comprehensive framework for disaster risk reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action.

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Sandra Wu, Chair of the UNISDR Private Sector Advisory Group, addressing a pre-Conference meeting on the role of the private sector in disaster risk reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Asia meets on Post-2015 DRR framework

A strong turn-out of government ministers and top disaster management officials will ensure high-level political engagement in key discussions at this week’s 6th Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Thailand which formally opens tomorrow.

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President Aquino III highlighted ‘simple, creative methods of problem solving’ as a key to a resilient recovery post-Haiyan as embodied at this reconstruction site on higher ground outside of Tacloban. (Photo: Kenly Monteagudo)
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The Tacloban Declaration

President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines has stressed the importance of mounting “a focused international effort to address the threats posed by climate change, and to build communities that are resilient in the face of disaster.”

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Hans Sy: ‘We need to convince business of the opportunity to create value in markets with products that address disaster risk.’ (Photo: UNISDR)
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Top developer makes case for DRR

The head of one of the world’s leading property developers today called on business enterprises to take advantage of new market opportunities in products and services that address disaster risk reduction.

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Delegates at the 6th Pacific Platform finalise the Meeting Statement ahead of the close of the three-day forum. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Pacific calls for “whole-of-society” engagement

The 6th Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management closed yesterday with a call for strengthened action to prevent risk accumulation and to build resilience.

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The 2014 meeting of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management held on 02-04 June in Suva, Fiji serves as an important venue for receiving valuable Pacific stakeholder inputs to the post-2015 framework for DRR. (Photo: UNISDR)
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HFA ‘helped build Pacific resilience’

The Pacific ‘would not be where it is today’ in terms of building resilience without the influence of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA), according to a review presented at the 6th Pacific Platform for Disaster Management which concluded today in Fiji.

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Neori Lagi (left) of the Pacific Disability Forum receives a Pacific Innovation & Leadership Award for Resilience (PILAR) from H.E. Kenichi Suganuma, Japan’s Ambassador for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Recognising resilience in the Pacific

A trio of creative organisations supporting the development of community resilience have been recognised for their great work in the Pacific region.

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The Redcliffs School is in Christchurch's Red Zone and has been closed for three years due to the danger of rockfalls triggered by earthquakes and aftershocks. No schoolchildren died in the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The houses built on top of the cliff have all been abandoned. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Drop, Cover, Hold … Live

Not one child died at a school or kindergarten during the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011. It was one of the few bright spots from the major disaster that hit New Zealand’s principal city of its South Island.

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Fiji Minister Seruiratu said the Pacific deserves its place among the world’s best in terms of integrating disaster risk and climate change strategies. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Pacific Platform opens with call for action

The Pacific region today challenged itself to grasp what was described as a ‘pivotal moment’ to shape disaster risk and climate change efforts for at least the next 20 years.

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