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13 November 2015, GENEVA – The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, today described the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano which claimed 25,000 lives in Colombia on November 13, 1985, as “a major turning point in the history of disaster risk management.” In a statement to mark the 30th anniversary, Ms. W…
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PUERTO CABEZAS, NICARAGUA, 9 October 2015 - An important effort is being made in a disaster prone area of Nicaragua to create understanding and awareness of how indigenous people cope with natural hazards by tapping into their ancestral store of knowledge and keeping it alive. The municipality of Puerto Cabezas, located on the North Caribbean Coast has…
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EL SOLĺS, Guatemala, 2 October 2015 - The tiny community of El Solís in rural Guatemala is tapping into its local knowledge on biodiversity and maintaining a native seeds bank to help it cope with drought, food insecurity and climate change. El Solís is a small community of 51 families or 306 persons, located in the basin of the San Vicente River, Z…
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, 21 August 2015 – A group of Cuban students has won an international prize awarded to budding architects who deploy their talents to reduce the risk of disasters. The four-member team from the Central University Marta Abreu de las Villas won their award at the 7th i-Rec student competition in London, where the jury lauded their p…
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, May 15, 2015 – The United Nations has unveiled a multimedia application that showcases the work done to help Santiago de Cuba to recover from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the island’s second-largest province in October 2012. Learning and sharing lessons is the key to good disaster risk reduction and to strengtheni…
Antecedentes En estos momentos se está organizando la Cumbre Mundial Humanitaria, a llevarse a cabo en Estambul, Turquía durante el primer semestre del 2016, para ello entre 2014 y 2015 se ha estado llevando a cabo consultas en todas las regiones del mundo. En estas consultas se promueve la participación de representantes de comunidades afectadas, orga…
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Closing date:
15 July 2015
15--UNISDR-43117-C-PORT-AU-PRINCE United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Duties And Responsibilities Coordinate, together with the UNISDR regional office for the Americas, DRR organizations and national experts, the implementation of activities of the project " Implementing the post 2015 International Disas…
Job Opening number : 15-United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat-42905-Consultant United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Duties And Responsibilities Promote activities and processes, in coordination with personnel of UNISDR Americas and the regional liaison officer, for the di…
Valores Fundamentales de las Naciones Unidas: Integridad ● Profesionalismo ● Respeto a la diversidad Antecedentes:  Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR) Creada en diciembre de 1999, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR por sus siglas en inglés) es el pun…
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GENEVA, September 21, 2015 - The head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlström, praised Mexico for its commitment to reducing disaster losses and avoiding the creation of new risk, during talks with the government and in a speech to mark the 30th anniversary of the deadly 1985 earthquake on Saturday. September 19 also saw the activation of a new Seismic Warning…
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GENEVA, 18 September 2015 - The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, will take part tomorrow in the 30th anniversary commemoration of the earthquake which struck Mexico City on September 19, 1985. This will include the activation of a new Seismic Warning System operated through 8,200 loudspeakers, to familiar…
4 September 2015, GENEVA – The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, today extended her condolences to the people of the small island state of Dominica as they enter a second day of national mourning for the 31 people who have died and the 35 reported missing in the wake of a tropical storm which arrived with l…
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LEON, Nicaragua, 29 June 2015 – Volunteers in Nicaragua are deploying the graphic power of comics to spread the message that disasters are not natural but a result of the collective failure of communities to cope with hazards. Nicaragua and its fellow Central American nations lie in one of the most climate-vulnerable regions of the world, where degrada…
As a result of a request of the government of Panama, UNISDR lead an inter agency mission to develop the first national assessment on disaster risk reduction, which will be officially launched at this high-level event.
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05 January 2016
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity Job opening number: 52028 This profile is for the sole purpose of the Internship Programme of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) in Panama City. There should be no expectation of employment within the UN after an internship. Interns sha…

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