UN/ISDR is presently coordinating efforts of governmental, international and civil society partners to produce a Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR/DRR). It is expected that the report will be launched by the UN Secretary General at the second session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2009.
A radical realignment of priorities in addressing the Hyogo Framework for Action are required if the growing population living in high risk conditions is to be adequately protected, the recently released UN/ISDR’s 2007 Global Review has concluded.
The 2007 Global Review provides a preview of elements that will be assessed in greater detail by the upcoming 2009 Global Assessment Report.