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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsGENEVA, 14 October 2011 – Some 80 plus countries commemorated the UN International Disaster Reduction Day (IDDR 11) yesterday. “This welcome groundswell of support concretely demonstrates the growing importance and awareness of risk reduction around the world,” said UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström today.
So far some 100 events have been reported from…
GENEVA, 28 September - Under the slogan ‘Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction’, UNISDR and the coalition Children in a Changing Climate - PLAN International, Save the Children, UNICEF and World Vision - will focus on children and young people on the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) on 13 October.
The Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk R…
As the world celebrates World Humanitarian Day, UNISDR, the strategic arm of the United Nations working on disaster risk reduction, recognizes the valuable contribution of humanitarian workers who risk their lives everyday to help others, whilst emphasizing their crucial role in reducing disaster risk.
“On this day we recognize the importance of humani…
GENEVA, 13 October 2011 - In Vietnam, adults cried as they watched the short film children in their community made about the flash flood that devastated their homes.
In Indonesia, another children’s film beseeched their elders to stop mining sand and coral, and to plant trees along the coast to protect the community from floods and tsunamis.
Across As…