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Asia as a whole accounts for over 60% of the world’s population and accounts for 87 percent of disaster casualties worldwide. People, communities, and even governments in disaster-prone countries still are ill-prepared for addressing or coping with disaster risk or vulnerabilities.
In the first nine months of 2008, disasters across Asia and…
Vacancy number: (ISDR/C/08/2012)
Note: Closing date has been extended to 09 March 2012
Background
Indonesia has been a leading example for implementing disaster risk reduction policies in the region. The UN appointed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as the first Global champion for disaster risk reduction in November 2011 and this year Indonesia wi…
Vacancy Notice number: ISDR/IC/22/2010
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The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and…
Background
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associated environmental, human and economic and social losses. A range of United Nations organizations and intern…