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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsGENEVA, 5 August 2012 - UNISDR Parliamentary Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction, Abdou Sané, Member of Parliament from Senegal, recently welcomed the African Union's decision to establish an African Risk Capacity Secretariat - a specialized agency of the African Union which will help elaborate a legal agreement on a pooled risk insurance facility for…
Le Secrétariat-Exécutif de la Gestion des Risques et Catastrophes, point focal officiel de la République de Djibouti pour la mise en œuvre du Cadre d’action de Hyogo et rattaché au Ministère de l’Intérieur, a organisé une formation de deux jours (7 et 8 octobre 2012) avec le soutien du PNUD, du Bureau de Caire de UNISDR - Bureau pour la Réduction des Ri…
The meeting will be held within the framework of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regional strategy for mainstreaming climate information in key socio econimic sectors for DRR and sustainable development. The theme of the forum will be “Building resilience to climate related disasters in the Greater Horn of Africa through regional c…
GENEVA, 29 February 2012 - The March to May rainfall season in the Greater Horn of Africa is likely to result in "near normal to below normal rainfall" over much of the region, according to a statement today from the 30th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF30).
This rainfall outlook applies in particular to areas plagued by drought in…
CAIRO, 21 November 2012 - Djibouti's capital has joined 1,284 cities around the world who have signed up to UNISDR's World Disaster Reduction Campaign -- Making Cities Resilient-My City is getting ready.
Ville de Djibouti, home to some 600,000 people and located on the coast on the Gulf of Tadjoura is the first city in the country to commit to the Ten…
CAIRO, 23 May 2012 – A regional meeting of experts held in Cairo could result in a doubling of the number of Arab countries that systematically report on disaster losses.
UNISDR brought together over 40 participants from 15 Arab countries to discuss and exchange experiences on establishing national disaster loss databases. These disaster inventories (…
Vacancy ISDR/C/25/2012
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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…