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Displaying 228 of about 228 resultsBALACLAVA, Mauritius, 22 November 2016 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today called for “an end to the tyranny of ignorance on disaster risk” on the opening day of the 6th African Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Speaking to the media, he said this ignorance was not deli…
GENEVA, 18 November 2016 – Negotiators today wrapped up talks on how to measure global progress in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the world’s most ambitious plan to date for curbing the impact of natural and human-induced hazards.
The weeklong session in Geneva of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Indicat…
NEW DELHI, 5 November 2016 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, initiated a minute’s silence today in remembrance of all those who have lost their lives in tsunamis as the first World Tsunami Awareness Day was commemorated on the final day of the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Ri…