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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 (DRR).

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Lift off: Japan’s DAICHI-2 will conduct a series of health checks on vulnerable and exposed parts of the world. (Photo: Yuki Matsuoka)
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Satellite boosts risk monitoring

The launch of a new satellite to conduct ‘health checks’ on some of the earth’s most vulnerable and exposed regions marks a new era of disaster risk monitoring.

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(from left to right) Panel discussion at today's session of New Zealand's first disaster communications conference: Denis McClean, Head of Communications, UNISDR; Robert Jensen, Homeland Security, USA; Sir Bob Parker, former Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand; and Mark Crosweller, Director-General, Emergency Management, Australia. (Photo: UNISDR)
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New Zealand’s first disaster comms conference

Australia’s Emergency Media and Public Affairs (EMPA) organization was born out of a desire to share lessons learned after Cyclone Larry in 2006 and it has been doing that every year since in unique style through its annual conferences.

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China’s 5th National Forum on Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development attracted 300 disaster policymakers and practitioners. (Photo: UNISDR)
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China backs cooperation on DRR

China has signaled its support for stronger international cooperation to prevent and reduce the impact of disasters as momentum builds to develop the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Ajit Gulabchand, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Hindustan Construction Co, and UNISDR focal point for business partnerships, Kiki Lawal, promoting resilient cities.
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India’s brave new urban world

Ajit Gulabchand, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Hindustan Construction Co., is firm in his intention to develop India’s first new hill city since the days of the British Raj.

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Mongolia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dendev Terbishdagva greets UNISDR’s Asia Pacific Head Feng Min Kan. (Photo: Andy McElroy/UNISDR)
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HFA helps Mongolia reduce disaster deaths

Mongolia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dendev Terbishdagva today identified the pressing need to address escalating direct losses from disasters as vital to his country’s ambitions for sustainable development.

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Aerial view of the devastated area in Badahkshan province, Afghanistan.
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Afghan plea for help on DRR

The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) today made an urgent appeal for greater support to disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts in the disaster-prone country following the large loss of life from mudslides in Badahkshan province at the weekend.

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The Secretary-General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, Ambassador Iwatani Shigeo, said disaster management was a key area of cooperation in Northeast Asia.
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Peace, prosperity and disaster management

Cooperation in disaster management is a key element of building peace and prosperity in North-East Asia, a high-level regional conference has been told.

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Beleaguered papaya farmers in Fiji who were pushed to near bankruptcy in the aftermath of Cyclone Evan in 2012 have changed their agriculture practices to build a more resilient business sector (Photo: Kyle Stice).
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Recognising resilience innovation in the Pacific

To help mark the approaching 10th anniversary of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), the global strategy for reducing disaster losses worldwide, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific today launched the inaugural Pacific Innovation and Leadership Award for Resilience (PILAR), a pioneering initiative in the region.

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Top disaster management officials from eight countries in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus came together in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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‘DRR is development’ says Central Asia

A final season of regional consultations with governments on the Post-2015 agreement on disaster risk reduction got underway this week in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as top disaster management officials from eight countries in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus came together.

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Dr Haksu Kim, senior advisor at the Korean International Cooperation Agency (left) and Pak Sugeng Triutomo, former Vice Chief of Indonesia’s National Board for Disaster Management (BNBP) share the top table during discussions to strengthen cooperation at Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss.
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China, Korea, Japan work on disaster data

Disaster experts from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea today agreed to launch joint research aimed at enhancing the compatibility of disaster data and terminology across North-East Asia.

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