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Kuwait
Kuwait MP urges possible disaster reports
20 May 2013, KUNA
Mubarak Al-Najada, a Kuwaiti member of parliament, called for the publication of a periodical UN report on response to potential natural disasters on Monday, during a joint meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. His call came out of the necessity of compiling national reports, rather than regional or international ones only...
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
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| Flood | 1997 | 200 |  |
| Epidemic | 2003 | 1 | |
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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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Educational kit on natural disaster risk reduction2010, UNESCO Cairo; UNISDR ROAS
Factsheet: overview of disaster risk reduction in the Arab region2013, UNISDR ROAS
Aqaba declaration on disaster risk reduction in cities2013, ASEZA, Jordan - gov; Jordan - gov; LAS; SDC, Switzerland - gov; UNDP Jordan; UNISDR ROAS
- Team leader (ICT professional)Indonesia (Jakarta), ASEAN
- Programme officer, P3Korea, Rep of (Incheon), UNISDR
- Programme officer, P4Korea, Rep of (Incheon), UNISDR
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