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Mongolia’s NEMA Chief Mr Dulamdorj Togooch (left) said the HFA had enabled his country to ‘achieve several positive outcomes’.
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Korean ‘Disaster Summit’ hails HFA progress

Senior disaster management officials and experts from across North-East Asia today endorsed the Hyogo Framework for Action as a consistent and guiding force for national progress in disaster risk reduction.

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Rizal Councilor Arnel Alvarez outlines how his barangay is making headway in addressing its significant disaster risk.
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Economic hub strives to meet resilience challenge

The Philippines’ city of Makati is striving for a comprehensive disaster risk management plan that strengthens the resilience of both multi-billion dollar businesses and migrant families struggling on a few dollars a day.

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City to city sharing works: Twenty-five high level city officials from seven countries get set to share experience to build local resilience.
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Korean boost for city resilience

A new global capacity building initiative to strengthen resilience of cities around the world was launched today.

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Site design for SM Cares Village in Bogo, Cebu.
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UNISDR supporter rehouses 1,000 families

A leading member of UNISDR’s global private sector partnership is rehousing 1,000 families badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan in new communities that are designed to have soul and safety in equal measure.

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Bangkok to host 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Bangkok/Geneva, 13 March 2014 – Some 3,000 experts including government ministers from 50 Asian countries are to meet in Bangkok, to discuss the disaster-prone region’s final inputs into a new global agreement on disaster risk reduction to replace the existing Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)...

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Just over a year ago, UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström welcomed the Mayor of Sendai, Emiko Okuyama, to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign with a certificate of recognition on the importance of political leadership in building disaster resilient societies.Today on the 3rd anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Mayor Okuyama, said the pace of recovery is speeding up.
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Today Japan Remembers

Three years on, the pain has not diminished. Today, the whole of Japan is remembering the day of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The confirmed death toll stands at 15,884 with 2,633 missing and 267,000 people are living as evacuees.

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Mayor Corro explains to the Governor of Cebu, Hilario Davide III, his search for a solution to relocate 4,000 families currently living in a designated No Build Zone.
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Haiyan Mayors meet on resilience

An inclusive recovery effort in the aftermath of the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is providing a global example of how to build community resilience ahead of next year’s World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Yeb Saño discusses opportunities for resilient recovery at a transitional shelter site with Tacloban Mayor Mr Alfred Romualdez and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms Margareta Wahlström.
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Yeb Saño Sees Hope in World DRR Conference

The Philippines Climate Change Commissioner, Yeb Saño, believes the post-2015 international framework for disaster risk reduction will grasp the opportunity to “think and act differently”.

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Mayor Romualdez describes to Ms Wahlström the progress made at one of the city’s transitional shelter sites.
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Tacloban Mayor strives to transform city

The Mayor of the worst-hit city of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster believes the city’s future prosperity depends on “transformational development” that rebuilds communities and not just houses.

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The Secretary of the Philippine Government's Department of Science and Technology, Mario Montejo in discussion with UNISDR head, Margareta Wahlström
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Science to save more lives

The Philippines today launched a nationwide “Science for Safer Communities” so that more lives are saved through better early warning and understanding of disaster risk.

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