1 May 2013, UNNC
'First and foremost, Governments must invest in prevention and preparedness – it is far more effective and less costly than recovery efforts,' said the Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Noeleen Heyzer, at the Commission’s Ministerial Roundtable on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters and Major Economic Crises...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 2008 | 10,000,000 | |
| Drought | 2010 | 6,482,602 | |
| Drought | 1999 | 6,000,000 | |
| Drought | 2002 | 5,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 5,000,000 | |
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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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Maplecroft: Climate change vulnerability index 2013 – Most at risk citiesNov 2012, Maplecroft
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Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.