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Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

The Government of Albania issued a National Policy Paper on disaster risk reduction approved by Government on 21 January 2000 entitled “Policy on Civil Emergency Planning and Response”. This was the same year as supporting legislation on matters

O presente relatório foi elaborado para ser apresentado à Conferência Internacional de Kobe-Hyogo a ter lugar no Japão em Janeiro de 2005 e o mesmo apresenta informação sobre a situação de risco em Angola.

O relatório dá realce as actividades em curso

Although the disaster preparedness law was developed three decades ago, it still remains relevant and required only minor fine-tuning.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Asia Development Bank have collaborated with the

This study is intended to identify the linkages that need to be established between the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The aim of this review is to draw on existing initiatives to examine each of the eight

A group of six agencies was found themselves debating this question...

The International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on 10 October will be marked this year by a regional workshop on School Education and Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok, and a ceremony on the Day. Both events will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.

This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.