Search
Results for " "
Displaying 135 of about 143 resultsSpeech, SRSG
La Ceremonia de Inauguración del Foro Regional ARISE
29 October 2019 (9.00 am)
World Trade Center - Ciudad de Mexico
[Saludo a autoridades] Agradecimiento al Gobierno de México y a nuestro aliado para este Foro, CEMEX y ARISE-MX. Este esfuerzo conjunto del sector público, el privado y las Naciones Unidas marca el ejemp…
SRSG: ARISE AGM OPENING
14 May 2019, 9.00 – 12.30
Rooms 7/8, CICG
OPENING REMARKS
Dear ARISE members, I have been in this job for about 1 year and 3 months, and the role of the private sector has been a repeating key area of discussion and work since. It is therefore it is an immense pleasure to be here today with you. Your interest…
BANGKOK, 11 December 2019 - With strong support from the ARISE networks in Japan, India and the Philippines, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction organized a consultative workshop to identify pathways to help build the business resilience of micro, small and medium enterprises in Asia-Pacific.
Small businesses represent the bulk of the private sec…
SENDAI, 4 November, 2019 - This World Tsunami Awareness Day, November 5, is an opportunity to raise awareness of the huge health risk that so-called “black tsunamis” pose to survivors who swallow their toxic waters. Tsunami waves on coastlines affected by industrial pollution can be both both highly toxic and much more destructive due to…
NEW YORK, 24 September 2019 – The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, welcomed the launch of the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)…
BRUSSELS, 20 September, 2019 - Disaster risk managers from Africa have been participating in a five-day study tour in Europe this week organised by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and CIMA Research Foundation, a non-profit research organization founded by the Italian Civil Protection Department.
Participants come from the…
MAPUTO, 10 September, 2019 - Mozambique was congratulated today on aligning its Master Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction with the global plan for reducing disaster losses, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Mami Mizutori, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, said it was encouraging to see such c…
BANGKOK, 28 August 2019 - In the face of climate change and growing urbanization, Thailand is taking key steps to strengthen its resilience, including through a better understanding of disaster-related economic losses. The collection of statistics on losses and damages, especially on key sectors such as agriculture, housing, infrastructure, and cultural…
VIENTIANE, 8 August 2019 – As the Government of Lao People's Democratic Republic continues its recovery from the floods of 2018, it is seeking to lessen the risk of future disasters. To accomplish this, the Lao Government and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction jointly organized a national workshop that brought together development partners and go…
GANDHINAGAR, 12 July 2019 – Countries in South Asia have made remarkable progress in social and economic development. As the world’s fastest growing region, most countries are now classified middle-income countries and enjoy improving social indicators. Between 1990-2017, the average human development index in the region increased by 45.3 percent, mak…
SUVA, 12 May 2019 – The inaugural Pacific Resilience Meeting has closed with a call to pursue two critical pathways towards resilient and sustainable development in an era of increasing impact from climate change.
The Meeting – under the theme of ‘Youth Futures in a Resilient Pacific’ – highlighted the urgent need to tap the energy and talent of young…
KATHMANDU, 8 May, 2019 - One of the world’s largest ever post-earthquake reconstruction projects is corruption-free and will complete its work of rebuilding and retrofitting 824,000 homes by the end of next year – six years after the 7.8 Gorkha earthquake which levelled a million homes in Nepal.
The chairman of the Nepal Reconstruction Authority, Mr. S…
TEHRAN, 30 April 2019 – Recent floods in Iran have destroyed infrastructure, flooded farms, and displaced almost 300,000 people. Officials have estimated damages to be around US$2.5 billion. The disaster is a setback to the efforts being undertaken by the government and partners in enhancing disaster resilience in the country.
While international…
Podgorica, Montenegro, 15 April 2019 - Major efforts are underway in Montenegro to reduce the risks from disasters with the launch of a national disaster loss database to mark the 40th anniversary of a major earthquake.
On April 15 1979, at 07:19 in the morning, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Montenegro. The earthquake, which lasted 10 s…
BEIRUT, 10 April, 2019 - Efforts are underway to hold a first Arab Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction Conference in Beirut later this year.
This follows a meeting between the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, and the Secretary-General of Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Resea…