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Displaying 289 of about 289 resultsNAIROBI, 10 March 2015 – Experts want gender to feature strongly in the final text of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, due to adopted at the looming Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
“The role of gender is very important in a disaster situation. Research has consistently shown that disasters are not gender-neutra…
SENDAI, 11 March 2015 - UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlstrom, today welcomed the publication by HelpAge International of the first “Disaster Risk and Age Index” in the build-up to the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, 14-18 March. The Index ranks 190 countries on the disaster risk faced by older people.
"The Disaster R…
NEW YORK, 29 September2015 - Plans to bring early warning systems to some of the world’s poorest countries and thereby curb the risk of disasters have cleared a new milestone, thanks to a French-spurred initiative unveiled at the United Nations today.
“The goal is that by 2020, all of the most vulnerable countries are equipped with such a system,” said…
Speech of SRSG Margareta Wahlström, 11 of June 2015, on the 6th meeting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Conference of States Parties, Eighth session
Thank You Mr. Chairperson, Excellencies and Colleagues; I would like to thank my fellow panelists for already highlighting the Sendai Framework as a major achievement in break…