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Displaying 120 of about 437 resultsSecond Preparatory Committee meeting for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - subject to an anticipated decision of the UN General Assembly in 2013.
UNISDR has turned its focus for the International Day for Disaster Reduction on 13 October on some one billion people around the world who live with some form of disability. This year UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States and WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean are organizing a joint event on the 22nd October at WHO premises to celebrate…
The Sixth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, hosted by the Royal Government of Thailand was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 23-26 June 2014. The Conference was a venue for countries, organizations and individual practitioners to meet and discuss the way forward in reducing disaster risk in the region. It was the final regional inter-g…
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…
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) is intended to serve as the forum for exchanging information and knowledge, coordinating efforts throughout the Europe region and for providing advocacy for effective action to reduce disasters. Moreover, it shall be devoted to contemporary issues of importance needed to promote a good political cli…
A one day national consultation workshop was organised in Uganda on Disaster-induced displacement in the context of the post-2015 Framework for DRR (HFA2), on the 16th April 2013 at the Metropole Hotel in Kampala.
The consultation aimed at informing key stakeholders on the global and regional consultation process towards the HFA2. 43 participants repre…
The strenghtening of the Campaign 'Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!' in El Salvador is an activity for the promotion, reflection and training aspects of disaster risk reduction in urban areas that are part of the objectives of the Global Campaign, in close coordination with the Presidential Secretariat on Vulnerability Affairs and Gen…
At the 23rd Cambodia Disaster Risk Reduction Forum, that was organized by the Cambodia National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on 21st February 2013 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, a survey and a consultation were undertaken to provide inputs to the post-2015 framework on DRR (HFA2).
Plan International and other members of the DRR Support Group in Ca…
The Global Thematic Consultation will build on the outcomes of the discussions at the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 22-25 October 2012 to take the discussion further on what aspects of DRR and how they should be reflected in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The outcomes of the Global Thematic Consultation will pro…
Photo exhibition at the Palais des Nations entitled "Shared Risks, Shared Responsibility: Opportunities for Cooperation". The official opening of the exhibition on 7 February at 1230pm will be attended by Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Ambassador - Permanent Representative of Switzerland Alexandre Fasel, and UN Speci…
The National Launch of Campaign 'Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!' in Costa Rica is an activity for the promotion, reflection and training aspects of disaster risk reduction in urban areas that are part of the objectives of the Global Campaign, in close coordination with the Mayor of the Municipality of San José de Costa Rica and the N…
TACLOBAN, 12 December 2013 – The ground floor patients including those in intensive care had a narrow escape. Indeed, as the tidal surge broke through the hospital’s perimeter wall security guards had to come and rescue the director of Leyte Island’s largest public hospital, the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC), as he struggled waist deep…
12 December 2013, GENEVA – The United Nations General Assembly has set the stage for a new global agreement on reducing the impact of disasters by confirming that the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Sendai City, Japan from 14 to 18 March 2015.
The main item on the Conference agenda is agreement on a successor to the H…
TACLOBAN, 10 December 2013 – The City of Tacloban which accounts for almost 50% of the dead and displaced in the Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) disaster, is to hold a summit inviting mayors and other public representatives to come to the city to talk about the lessons learned for disaster risk management.
The announcement comes with recognit…