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Lebanon
Lebanon partakes in Geneva's Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
20 May 2013, NNA
'Despite Lebanon's crucial circumstances forming a new government, and seeking an election law, as well as the massive influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon, the Lebanese did not fail to attend this landmark event in Geneva to display its efforts within the frame of DRR,' said the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lebanon while visiting Lebanon's booth at the global platform's marketplace...
National Platform
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Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Website:http://www.pcm.gov.lb
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Hyogo Framework for Action
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- Lebanon: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2011-2013)2013, Pres of the Council of Ministers, Lebanon - gov
- Lebanon: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011)2011, Pres of the Council of Ministers, Lebanon - gov
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 1992 | 104,075 |  |
| Flood | 2003 | 17,000 | |
| Flood | 1987 | 1,500 | |
| Storm | 2002 | 500 | |
| Wildfire | 2007 | 15 | |
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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
Making Lebanon resilient: achieving disaster risk reduction in the Arab States - Good practice country brief2012, Lebanon - gov; UNDP Lebanon; UNISDR ROAS
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