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Water and disaster: High-Level Expert Panel on Water and Disaster/UNSGAB
Source
World Water Council
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office
United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
Korea Water Forum
Japan Water Forum

Publication Year
2009
Number of pages
21 p.
This report presents a comprehensive action plan designed to minimize the loss of life and destruction brought on by increasing numbers of water-related disasters worldwide (such as floods, droughts, tidal waves, storm surges, etc.) and also to minimize loss of life in post disaster/conflict conditions.
It aims to bring life and a sense of urgency to the agreement reached at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005, the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015). The panel states that it stands ready to monitor the cited governments and institutions and to report their progress to the international community.
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