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GENEVA, 21 May 2013 - Senior government officials from developing small island states and climate change experts have warned of a massive increase in human, economic and material losses in these countries if risk reduction measures are not taken urgently to mitigate the impacts of major hazards and climate change.   The warning was issued by repres…
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NEW YORK, 9 April 2013 - Early last Saturday morning, some 1,000 residents of the city of Hoboken in New Jersey, birthplace of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra, came out in full force and high spirits to run a special race in aid of Hurricane Sandy disaster relief in both Hoboken and its sister city Port Maria in Jamaica. "We are still recovering fr…
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NEW YORK, 27 March 2013 - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, into UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Hoboken brings to four the number of US cities who have joined UNISDR's global campaign which has…
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GENEVA, 26 August 2013 - Small Island Developing States will this week seek to plot a course to a safer and more resilient future as part of their preparations for a major conference next year. The Inter-regional preparatory meeting for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which opens today in Bridgetown, Barbado…
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NEW YORK, 1 November 2013 – Exactly a year ago, Sandy proved to be the most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, severely impacting lives and economies in seven countries. For the United States, it was the second-costliest hurricane in its history and affected the entire eastern seaboard, causing an alarming economic bill of up…
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This monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the Global Platform 2013 plenary session on the private sector for resilient societies; (ii) the adoption of the United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience; (iii) the adoption of the Arab Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction i…
El 1 de Noviembre se realizará en Asunción, Paraguay, un conversatorio sobre la Campaña Mundial “Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: ¡Mi Ciudad se está Preparando!” Este evento contará con el apoyo de la Secretaria de Emergencia Nacional (SEN) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), conjuntamente con la Oficina de las Naciones…
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18 April 2013 - 19 April 2013
San Jose
Twenty one disaster risk and development specialists from different regions and from academia, international organizations, NGOs and national disaster risk management organizations met at the headquarters of the Latin American Social Science Faculty (FLACSO) in San Jose, Costa Rica for an open debate and discussion on the past and future of disaster ris…
Jamaica is susceptible to a number of natural hazards. Coupled with factors of vulnerability and exposure, the importance of reducing disaster risk is of paramount importance.  In this regard, the National Launch of the Global Campaign "Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is getting ready!'" seeks to address the needs of local governments in Jamaica…
UNISDR-ROAM/MNR/NIC/005/2013 1. Nombre del proyecto Formación de capacidades para la planificación de la recuperación de desastres en la región Centroamericana con apoyo de la International Recovery Platform (IRP), UNISDR y en coordinación con CEPREDENAC. 2. Lugar de Trabajo y Duración de la consultoría La consultoría se realizará en el país, por l…
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NEW YORK, 13 March 2013 - Reaching back hundreds of years to learn the lessons of history combined with the best of modern know-how is the ideal mix to build more resilient communities and nations. Japanese Crown Prince Nahurito called for a blend of the old and the new for effective disaster risk reduction at the Special Thematic Session on Water and…
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This guidance note presents a series of steps to initiate and sustain Pre Disaster Recovery Planning (PDRP) in order to ensure that communities "build back better" following a natural disaster. It offers guidance on developing a planning framework and attempts to present the key steps and considerations at a broad level, to present relevant examples, an…
Se realizó en Honduras el día 9 de Octubre el “Taller Nacional de Consulta y Divulgación sobre Gestión Integral del Riesgo”, evento realizado en conmemoración del Día Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres. El Taller fue un espacio donde representantes del gobierno nacional, organismos intergubernamentales, organismos internacionales, donante…
Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning (PDRP) is the pro-active process of anticipating future recovery issues, developing a scenario-based recovery plan, and building the capacity to improve recovery outcomes – all before a disaster happens. UNISDR jointly with the Disaster Prevention Center of Central America (CEPREDENAC, for its Spanish acronym) and with te…
La Comisión Permanente de Contingencias COPECO y el Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de Ia Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres en Centro America, por medio de Ia implementación del MAH y de Ia PCGIR a nivel local, nacional y regional” y DIPECHO 2012-2013 (UNISDR- CEPREDENAC), tenemos el agrado de dirigirnos a usted, con el propósito de invitarle a participar en e…

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