Regional policies and plans

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2023
The Belém Charter, available both in Portuguese and Spanish, creates a permanent forum between the region's mayors, within the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO), and includes the objective of "making resilient and sustainable cities".
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
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2021
Under the theme of 'Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean', the ministers and heads of delegation gathered at the fourth high-level meeting of ministers and authorities put forward this declaration.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
2010
This plan aims to facilitate the adoption by the Member States of the theme 'hospitals safe from disaster' as a national risk reduction policy, and achievement of the goal of constructing all new hospitals with a level of protection.
Pan American Health Organization

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