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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsRepresentatives from 139 countries and territories have been trained on how to implement disaster resilience strategies that are more inclusive of the perspectives and capacities of persons with disabilities. More than 1,150 participants – including 84 persons with disabilities – were introduced to the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Annex t…
A year after the adoption of the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), it has become clearer than ever the importance of helping LDCs build their disaster resilience to protect their development gains. Disasters not only kill more people in LDCs than anywhere else, as they account for 70 per cent of climate-related disa…
NEW YORK – Representatives from UN Member States meeting in New York this week have agreed on greater political commitment to resilience building. It comes in a context of rapidly rising disaster risk which is projected to reach 560 a year – or 1.5 disasters a day – by 2030. As the meeting got underway, Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar and Bangladesh dest…