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GENEVA, October 13, 2014 - A tsunami of 4.5 million tweets rolled out across the world today in support of the 25th International Day for Disaster Reduction as UNISDR and HelpAge International joined forces to launch Charter 14 for Older Persons in Disaster Risk Reduction. UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon said: “Disaster planning must take account of…
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MADRID, 6 October 2014 - The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) today presented the mayor of the Spanish town of Lorca with the Damir Čemerin award for his work in caring for the elderly, and promoting disaster reduction awareness, following a devastating earthquake in 2011. Mayor Francisco Jódar Alonso said that he accepted the award w…
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MADRID, 6 October 2014 - Host Spain told the 5th annual European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) today that it had a great opportunity to influence the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. Noting that the cost of natural disasters is rising sharply across the globe, Spain’s Deputy Interior Minister Luis Aguilera Ruiz, urged delega…
A meeting of the Ministers of Disaster Management and Emergency Situations of the Central Asian and South Caucasus countries will be held in 29-30 January in Bishkek hosted by the Government of Kyrgyzstan to discuss and agree on the Regional statement of the countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus on cooperation and coordination in the implementati…
Over 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. Asia and the P…
Organizers invite world leaders and top scientists to our Tokyo conference prior to the Third Un World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to discuss and formulate how the science and technology could help in disaster risk reduction and hence fostering sustainable development. The discussions will be based on the following three viewpoints. First of…
Meeting Objectives: 1. Provide views on the SRSGs paper Proposed Elements for Consideration in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, with a focused discussion on the enhanced system for monitoring progress. 2. Identify modalities for UN engagement in the preparations for and at the WCDRR. 3. Define areas where UN commitments will be sh…
The successor to the Hyogo Framework for Action will be agreed at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan in March 2015. The critical need for science and evidence and the need for a mechanism for international science advice for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) have been raised in many of the negotiations taking place ahead of the World…
Public and multi-stakeholders event which is part of a broader process to debate a "new paradigm" for civil defence and DRR in Brazil, from the local to the national level. The event was also part of UNISDR's 'Making cities resilient: My city is getting ready!' world disaster reduction campaign.
La Secretaría de Emergencia Nacional (SEN) de Paraguay y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR) junto con los socios del Plan de Acción del Programa de Preparación ante Desastres de la Comisión Europea (DIPECHO) América del Sur 2013-2014 y con financiamiento de la Dirección General de Ayuda Humanitaria y Pro…
Exploring the concept of resilience as a useful framework of analysis for how society can cope with the threat of natural and human induced hazards. Despite resilience having been widely adopted in research, policy and practice to describe the way in which they would like to reduce our society’s susceptibility to the threat posed by hazards, there is l…
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18 December 2014
14-PGM-UNISDR-38753-R-ALMATY (ALMA ATA) (E) United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Special Notice This post is funded from project funds and extension is subject to availability of funds. Org. Setting And Reporting Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is t…
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18 December 2014
14-PGM-UNISDR-38744-R-KOBE (E) United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Special Notice This post is funded from project funds and extension is subject to availability of funds. Org .Setting And Reporting Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and Secretariat of the Int…
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25 December 2014
14-PGM-UNISDR-38324-R-CAIRO (E) United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Special Notice This post is funded from project funds and extension is subject to availability of funds. Org .Setting And Reporting Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and Secretariat of the In…
UNISDR/IMIS:  508317    United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Org. Setting And Reporting Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among…

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