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Displaying 15 of about 98 resultsOver the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Natural disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by natural disasters are from developing countries.[1]
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To celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction, UNISDR will join the French and the Philippines Missions in Geneva and the French Agency for Development (AFD) and officially open Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s new exhibition “Sixty solutions against climate change”. It will be exhibited for one week, from the 13-20 October, on the Passerelle of the Palai…
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Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships: This position will be located in the Risk Knowledge Section of the UNISDR secretariat at Headquarters and will report to the Chief of the Risk Knowledge Section. The focus of this job is to lead the…
Job Opening number: 15-PGM-UNISDR-45082-R-GENEVA (X)
Posting Period: 21 August 2015-20 September 2015
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
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Extension of the appointment is subject to Extension of the mandate and/or the availability of the funds.
Staff members are subject to the authority of the…
15-PGM-UNISDR-42766-R-GENEVA (O)
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Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
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The internship is UNPAID and full-time. The estimated start date is 18 May 2015 and the duration is three (3) months with the possibility of extension to a maximum of six (6) months. Interns work five days per week (35…
This document reflects the outputs of the gap analysis and consultations and summarizes the activities that must be carried out in synergy to develop effective disaster risk reduction strategies in Serbia, Belarus Kyrgyzstan, selected beneficiary countries. The document was developed from survey questionnaires prepared by UNISDR and completed by the ben…
MOSCOW, 15 October 2015— The Russian Federation is kick-starting its implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, seeing it as a key priority for the state, the government told an international congress in Moscow this week.
Mr. Vladimir Puchkov, at the helm of the Ministry of Affairs for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination…
BRUSSELS, 13 October 2015 – Today, one of Europe’s most vulnerable earthquake zones, the Italian Province of Potenza, was recognized as a champion of disaster risk reduction for the creation of a “Network of Resilience” among 100 municipalities.
“We are proud to be home to the Network for Resilience because each community group has its specificity both…
23 December 2015, GENEVA –The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the passing of a resolution yesterday by the UN General Assembly which recognizes November 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. The resolution was led by Japan and Chile.
Ms. Wahlström said: “Many disasters would not happen and many lives a…
SENDAI, 15 March 2015 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute today to a group of former and serving politicians who are championing disaster risk reduction and thereby striving to save lives and prevent economic losses.
"In your personal and professional capacity you are doing a very important job," he told the officials, from Africa, Asia and…
BANGKOK, 6 June 2015 - Seventeen of the world’s most disaster-prone countries are meeting this week in Bangkok to discuss how to press forward with implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction across Asia.
There has been lively debate about how to achieve the Sendai Framework’s seven targets with a focus on reducing mortality, num…
14 March 2015, SENDAI – The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today opened the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, stating that annual economic losses now exceed US$ 300 billion annually.
“We can watch that number grow as more people suffer. Or we can dramatically lower that figure and invest the savings in development. Six billion d…
10 March 2015, GENEVA – The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will personally welcome the former President of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen, as the third UN Global Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) when he shares breakfast on Sunday with DRR advocates from around the world in Sendai, Japan, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduct…
06 March 2015, GENEVA – A week before world leaders and representatives of civil society gather in Sendai, Japan, for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said today that climate-related disasters now dominate disaster risk management.
Margareta Wahlström, head of the UN Office for Disaster…
04 March 2015, NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned that “growing global inequality, increasing exposure to natural hazards, rapid urbanization and the overconsumption of energy and natural resources threaten to drive risk to dangerous and unpredictable levels with systemic global impacts.”
The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disas…