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Argentina
2007 UN Sasakawa Award selects two laureates
5 Oct 2007
Dedicated to communicating lessons of past disasters: Professor Yoshiaki Kawata and Mr Tony Gibbs...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Comision Cascos Blancos (CCB) - Website:http://www.cascosblancos.gov.ar
- Contact:Embajador - Presidente
- Phone:+54 1143102112
- HFA Focal Point:
Comision Cascos Blancos (CCB) - Website:http://www.cascosblancos.gov.ar
- Contact:Embajador - Presidente
- Phone:+54 1143102112
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Argentina: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, CCB, Min de Relaciones Exteriores
- Argentina: National Report on the implementation of the HFA (2007)2007, Argentina - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Argentina: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, ISDR Support Group
- Argentina: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2007)2007, Argentina - gov
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 |  |
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| Drought | 2,940,950 |  |
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| Flood | 134,718 |  |
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| Landslide | 1,062 |  |
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| Earthquake | 301,095 |     |
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| Tsunami | 636 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1983 | 5,830,000 |  |
| Flood | 1988 | 4,600,000 | |
| Flood | 1985 | 1,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1998 | 360,000 | |
| Flood | 1983 | 250,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- 2°C is too much! WWF adaptation case studies for responding to climate change impacts2009, WWF
- ENOS variabilidad climática y riesgo de desabre en las Américas: procesos, patrones y gestión2008, FLACSO; IAI; Oxfam Intl; LA RED
- Humanitarian assistance: towards building a regional mechanism2009, CCB, Min de Relaciones Exteriores
- Vice president, climate change 10060United States of America , WWF
- Finance and administration expertHaiti (Port-au-Prince), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Country representative - HaitiHaiti (Haiti), ARC
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.