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Displaying 2 of about 2 resultsEvery year on October 13th, countries around the world commemorate the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR). The date has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness, commitment and actions to reduce the loss of human lives and property due to disasters. The IDDR is part of the biennial World Disaster Reduction…
BANGKOK, 21 October 2011 – The floods which have affected eight million people across South East Asia, and which now threaten Bangkok, have underlined shortcomings in disaster risk reduction with many children drowning because they cannot swim, and thousands of workers now unemployed because of poorly located manufacturing plants, the Head of the UN’s B…