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General contact information
- URL: http://www.un.org/
- Address: UN Headquarters, First Avenue at 46th Street
- Postal Code: 10017
- City: New York, NY
- Country: United States of America
- Telephone: +1 2129634475
- Fax: +1 2129630071
- Head of the organization: Soon-taek Ban
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter.
- General Assembly stood strong, active, responsive to challenges, says outgoing President as sixty-sixth session concludes
17 Sep 2012 - UNESCO - Día internacional para la reducción de los desastres naturales
13 Oct 2011 - Viet Nam joins the world to celebrate international disaster risk reduction day
12 Oct 2011 - The Secretary-General message on international disaster risk reduction day
12 Oct 2011 - Secretary-General visits Fukushima; discusses disaster risk reduction, nuclear safety with Prime Minister
8 Aug 2011 - UN Secretary-General: Building disaster risk reduction capacities crucial as vulnerablity grows
11 Aug 2009 - UN stresses need to make hospitals safe from disasters
8 Oct 2008 - UN Secretary-General: message on the international day for disaster reduction 2008
8 Oct 2008 - Ban urges major effort to spur disaster reduction plans in face of climate change
29 Sep 2008 - Bang Ki-moon: 'Let us incorporate disaster reduction needs as key plank of development agenda'
26 Sep 2008 - UNEP: Recent natural disasters amplify need for urgent action on climate change
2 Sep 2008 - Ban Ki-moon: time for a new path out of disaster
19 Jul 2008 - To succeed, disaster management strategies must target, reduce inequalities, vulnerabilities faced by poor, UN Economic and Social Council told
16 Jul 2008 - Battle against climate change calls for ‘war footing’ says UN Deputy SG
8 Jul 2008
Statements & Presentations
- Statements
- High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda: Bali communiqué2013, UN
- Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction 13 October 20122012, UN
- Secretary-General's message on world habitat day 20122012, UN
- Secretary-General's remarks on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Forum of Small States2012, UN
- UN General Assembly 67th session: Statement from the Secretary-General of the United Nations2012, UN; UNGA
- UN Secretary General: Statement to the United Nations 66th General Assembly thematic debate on disaster risk reduction2012, UN
- The Deputy Secretary-General: remarks to General Assembly on the launch of preparations for the 2010 MDG Summit2010, UN
- The global partnership for development: making rhetoric a reality
2012 - The future we want
2012 - Resilient people, resilient planet: a future worth choosing
2012 - Report of the United Nations in Haiti 2011
2012 - Space-based information for crowdsource mapping: report of the Secretariat
2011 - World Economic and Social Survey 2011: the great green technological transformation
2011 - The Millennium Development Goals report 2011
2011 - Thematic debate of the 65th session of the General Assembly on disaster risk reduction: President's summary
2011 - UNCSD synthesis report on best practices and lessons learned on the objective and themes of the conference
2011 - United Nations General Assembly document A/65/88: Dushanbe declaration on water
2010 - UN General Assembly resolution: Implementation of United Nations environmental conventions - advance unedited copy
2010 - UN System supporting adaptation in an enhanced adaptation regime
2010 - The Hague conference on agriculture, food security and climate change: Chair's summary
2010 - Report of the Secretary-General A/65/388: Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2010 - Natural hazards, unnatural disasters: the economics of effective prevention
2010 - The global partnership for development at a critical juncture
2010 - Five-year review of the Mauritius strategy for the further implementation of the programme of action for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States - Report of the Secretary-General
2010 - The Millennium Development Goals report 2010
2010 - Haiti interim risk management plan: March–December 2010
2010 - Report of the Secretary-General A/64/665: Keeping the promise - a forward-looking review to promote an agreed action agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015
2010 - UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/64/200: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2010 - Renewing hope, rebuilding lives: partnership between the United Nations and the European Commission in post-crisis recovery
2009 - Building community resilience to natural disasters through partnership: sharing experience and expertise in the region
2009 - Rethinking poverty: report on the world social situation 2010
2009 - Transboundary flood risk management: experiences from the UNECE region
2009 - The United Nations Regional Commissions and the climate change challenges
2009 - Report of the Secretary-General: implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2009 - The Millennium Development Goals report 2009
2009 - Overcoming economic insecurity
2008 - Indicators of progress: guidance on measuring the reduction of disaster risks and the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
2008 - Disaster proofing the millennium development goals: minimise disasters, maximise development
2007 - Recommendations on payments for ecosystem services in integrated water resources management
2007 - Report of the Secretary-General: implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2007 - Tsunami, India: two years after
2006 - Building back better in Thailand tsunami affected areas
2006 - Responsibilities and challenges
2006 - Report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction A/CONF.206/6
2005 - Report of the Secretary-General A/59/2005: in larger freedom - towards development, security and human rights for all
2005 - Post-tsunami lessons learned and best practices workshop: report and working groups output, Jakarta, Indonesia, 16-17 May 2005
2005 - Government of Maldives and United Nations post-tsunami lessons learned and best practices workshop: report on main findings, Maldives, 17-18 May, 2005
2005 - National post-tsunami lessons learned and best practices workshop: report, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-9 June 2005
2005 - National workshop on tsunami lessons learned and best practices in Thailand: report and summary of main conclusions, Bangkok, 30-31 May 2005
2005 - Tsunami Thailand, one year later: national response and the contribution of international partners
2005 - Recovery framework in support of government of India for a post-tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction programme
2005 - Tsunami, impact and recovery: Republic of the Maldives - joint needs assessment
2005 - Regional workshop on lessons learned and best practices in the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami
2005 - Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, recovery and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
2005 - Freshwater future
2003 - Environmental management and mitigation of natural disasters: a gender perspective
2002 - Freshwater: action on the ground, International Year of Freshwater 2003
2002 - Water, a matter of life and death: International Year of Freshwater 2003 fact sheet
2002 - The UN System in brief, working for freshwater: International Year of Freshwater 2003 media contacts
2002 - Guidelines for reducing flood losses
2002 - Report of the Secretary-General A/56/326: Road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration
2001 - UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/55/2: United Nations Millennium Declaration
2000 - Usoi landslide dam and lake Sarez: an assessment of hazard and risk in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan
2000 - Final report of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
1999 - Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World: guidelines for natural disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation
1994 - Elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa
1994
- High-level meeting on nuclear safety and security
22 Sep 2011 - COP16 side event: The UN system delivering as one on implementation to address climate change
07 Dec 2010 - Launch of 'UN decade for deserts and the fight against desertification'
16 Aug 2010 - Launch of 'UN decade for deserts and the fight against desertification'
16 Aug 2010 - Teaching climate change and the United Nations system
17-18 May 2010 - 16th session of the High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)
30 Sep - 01 Oct 2008
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- Health & Health Facilities
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- Recovery
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