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Overview
Tsunamis pose a massive threat to lives, livelihoods, homes, businesses and a community’s overall economic, social, and environmental wellbeing and resilience. While rare, when they do occur, tsunamis are the deadliest of all hazards. Over the past 100 years, 58 tsunamis have claimed more than 260,000 lives. This…
For days leading up to the disaster, Mr. Harisaran Shrestha had been listening to warnings about floods in the Melamchi, a river that flows through the foothills of the Himalayas in central Nepal. At least one local FM radio was repeatedly broadcasting notices about the possible release of water from the reservoir of a nearby drinking-water project and…
PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles, 6 September 2016 - Even though there are parliamentary elections in the country this week, the Seychelles, like 23 other countries around the Indian Ocean, is mobilizing broadcast and print media to take an active part in one of the largest tsunami drills ever undertaken.
The Indian Ocean Wave simulation called IOWave16…
TBILISI, 9 November 2015 - Reporters from main TV, radio and print media organisations in Georgia met over the weekend to discuss reporting on disasters as part of a growing global effort to improve disaster risk communication as called for in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted earlier this year.
The training for 25 journalists w…
BANGKOK – “Trusted, timely, accurate, simple and widely shared risk information saves lives, particularly when it reaches the last mile and is used by vulnerable communities”. This how the Chief of UNDRR’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Loretta Hieber Girardet, described the importance of risk communication in regional and national…
The Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean will be held next year in 2021.…
Two recommendations of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction have been put into practice with the adoption of a new law in France: the necessity of including science in the policy-making process, and the importance of the local level insights and advice.
Adopted by the French parliament, an amendment was made to a project law about…
Duties and Responsibilities
The objective of this consultancy is to create content packages for PreventionWeb, the knowledge sharing platform on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience.
The consultant will develop, write and edit content for PreventionWeb under the editorial guidance of the managing editor:
• Research and draft thematic web pages,…
Duración: 16 meses.
Responsabilidades:
Dentro del alcance de la autoridad delegada, el consultora deberá ser responsabe de la implementación del proyecto de preparación ante los desastres ECHO (DIPECHO) “Implementando el Marco de Sendai para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres a través de evidencias que hacen la diferencia”.
El consulto…
Organizational Context & Project Description
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disaster risk and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations and regional org…
The Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21) will take place…
Valores Fundamentales de las Naciones Unidas:
Integridad ● Profesionalismo ● Respeto a la diversidad
Antecedentes:
Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR)
Creada en diciembre de 1999, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR por sus siglas en inglés) es el pun…
14-PUB-UNISDR-38785-R-BANGKOK (E)
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Special Notice
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Org. Setting And Reporting
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is the designa…
ISDR/C/33/2014
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Background:
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of dis…
Extended - previous closing date: 15 October 2014
Introduction
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is seeking the services of a creative agency to promote the 2015 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction from November 2014 to March 2015. The promotional campaign should lead UNISDR’s target audience on an em…