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Opening Remarks
SDG Summit Side-Event
Resilient Infrastructure:
Key to the Success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
25 September 2019, 13.15 - 14.30
Conference Room A, United Nations, New York
Delivered By:
Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk
Reduction and…
Purpose
The 2019 World Tsunamis Awareness Day (WTAD) events in New York are part of the annual global campaign to raise awareness of the risk posed by tsunamis and the need to build more resilient and inclusive societies. As part of a multi-hazard approach to disaster risk reduction, participants will reflect on the importance of reducing tsunam…
SRSG WELCOME REMARKS
World Tsunami Awareness Day
Panel Discussion
5 November 2019, 1.15 pm - 2.30 pm, United Nations, New York
Excellencies, delegates, distinguished guests,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the fourth annual World Tsunami Awareness Day.
I am extremely pleased that His Excellency Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President…
SRSG Mami Mizutori, remarks
Local Leadership for Climate: Solutions to the Climate Emergency
21 September 2019, New York
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in 2015, recognizes the crucial role of local governments and cities in avoiding the creation of new and reducing existing disaster risk and building resilience.…
The role of small businesses within communities is vital and stimulating to the city overall. Businesses provide goods and services to residents and visitors, employ local neighbors, and contribute to the well-being of the greater neighborhood. For businesses, resilience is the ability to survive, adapt and grow regardless of the shocks or stresses expe…
The high risk emanating from the increasing number of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure systems at national or local level is only now beginning to be understood. The cascading effect of that risk beyond the system under attack into allied and interconnected fields can be even more devastating, creating chaos to major economic, food and health sy…