Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

      First session, Geneva, Switzerland
      5 - 7 June 2007

 

GP Acting with common purpose
Acting with Common Purpose
Proceedings of the first session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
[English] - [Spanish]


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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

 

Contributions and Statements


Opening Statements (Agenda item 1)  (by order of speakers)

Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon [PDF]
Secretary of State of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Mr. Michael Ambuhl [PDF]
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator and convener of the Global Platform Mr. John Holmes [PDF]
Aga Khan Development Network Princess Zahra Aga Khan [PDF]
Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Mr. Michel Jarraud [PDF]
Vice-President, World Bank Mr. Jeffrey Gutman [PDF]


Interventions by heads of delegation and high level participants (Agenda item 3.1) (in alphabetical order)

Tuesday 5 June    
Argentina Mr. Luis Tibiletti Secretario de Seguridad Interior [PDF]
Bangladesh Mr. Dhiraj Malakar Secretary in-charge of the Bangladesh Ministry of Food and Disaster Management and the Head of the Bangladesh Delegation  [PDF]
Burundi Général Major Evariste Ndayishimiye Ministre de l’Intérieur et de la Sécurité Publique [PDF]
Cameroun Mr. Emmanuel Edou  Ministre de l'Administration Territoriale et de la Décentralisation chargé des Collectivités territoriales décentralisées [PDF]
Djibouti Mr. Yaein Elmi Bouh  Minister de I’Interieur de Djibouti
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Ecuador Ms. Lorena Cajas Ministre de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio e Integración, Subsecretaria de Gestión de Riesgos del Ministerio Coordinator de Seguridad de los Frentes Interno y Externo [PDF]
Germany Ms. Ursula Muller Head of Federal Foreign Ministry, Task Force Humanitarian Aid [PDF]
Ghana Mr. Kann Dapaah  Minister, Ministry of the Interior [PDF]
Guinea (Republic)  Mr. Mahmoud Camara Ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage, de l'Environnement et des Eaux et Forets [PDF]
India Mr. Bisweswar Bhattachajee 

Minister of State in the Government of India, Member of the National Disaster Management Authority

[PDF]
Japan Mr. Toshizo Ido Governor, Hyogo Prefecture [PDF]
Malaysia Mr. Abdul Aziz Mohamed Nazri  Minister, Prime Ministers Department [PDF]
Maldives (Republic) Mr. Ismail Shafeeu Minister of Defense  [PDF]
Nepal Mr. Umesh Prasad Mainali Home Secretary, Government of Nepal [PDF]
Pakistan General Farooq Ahmad Khan Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, Prime Minister's Secretariat [PDF]
Romania Mr. Victor Paul Dobre Secretary of State for the Relation with the Prefecture Institutions, Ministry of the Interior and Administration Reform [PDF]
Sweden Mr. Jan Knutsson Director-General for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs [PDF]
United Republic of Tanzania Mr. Luke Jelas Siyame Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Disaster and HIV/AIDS Campaign [PDF]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. Moazzam Malik  Head of the Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) [PDF]


Wednesday 6 June    
Angola S.E.M. Junior Kotingo Wandick Kavanack Vice-Minister of Interior [PDF]
Australia Ms. Carolin Millar Ambassador [PDF]
Brazil Mr. Luciana Mancini Permanant Mission of Brasil in Geneva [PDF]
China Mr. Jihua Song  Director General, Department of Disaster and Social Relief, Ministry of Civil Affairs [PDF]
Colombia Ms. Diana Marcela Rubiano Director of the Colombian Direction for Prevention and Attention to Emergencies in Bogotá [PDF]
Denmark Ms. Marie-Louise Overvad Ambassador [PDF]
Egypt Mr. Mohamed Fawzi  Director Crisis and Disaster Management Ss
Sector Information and Decision Sup
Center of the Council of Ministers 
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El Salvador  Ms. Elda Godoy Director General, Ministery of Environment [PDF]
Finland Mr. Hannu Kyröläinen Director General, Department for Global Affairs in the  Ministry for Foreign Affairs [PDF]
France Ms. Louise Avon Déléguée à l'action humanitaire, Ministry for Foreign Affairs [PDF]
Haiti Ms. Marie Aata Jean-Baptiste Directrice de la Protection Civile [PDF]
Honduras Mr. Hanum Ürbizo Ambassador [PDF]
Indonesia Mr. Siti Aini Hanum Deputy Assistant for Data and Environmental Information, Ministry of State for Environment [PDF]
Iran (Islamic Republic) Mr. Seyed Mehdi Hashemi Deputy Minister for Development, Ministry of Interior [PDF]
Iraq Mr. Ahmed Abad Alzahra Director in Ministry of Environment of Iraq [PDF]
Italy Mr. Mainardo Benardelli Counsellor, Head of Emergency Office, Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs [PDF]
Japan Mr. Makio Miyagawa Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Japan [PDF]
Jordan Mr. Hashim Al-Edwan Governor Ministry of Interior [PDF]
Lesotho Mr. Motloheloa Phooko Minister for Health and Social Welfare [PDF]
Morocco Mr. M’Hamed Sidi El Khir Conseiller de Monsieur l’Ambassadeur [PDF]
Mozambique Ms. Carmelita Namashulua Deputy Minister of State Administration [PDF]
Nigeria Mr. Martin Uhomoibhi Ambassador
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Norway Mr. Bjorn Johannessen Senior Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Panama Ms. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos First Lady of Panama (Video) [PDF]
Peru General Luis Palomino Rodríguez Organización y Fortalecimiento de las Plataformas Regionales, desde la Perspectiva de las Plataformas Nacionales [PDF]
Philippines  Mr. Glenn Rabonza Administrator, Office of Civil Defense and Executive Officer of the National Disaster Coordinating Council [PDF]
South Africa Ms. Claudine J. Mtshali Ambassador, South African Permanent Mission to the United Nations [PDF]
Spain Mr. Juan Pedro Lahore Representative of the Spanish Committee for Disaster Reduction, Conseiller Technique, Civil Protection, Ministry of Interior and Representative of the Spanish Committee for Disaster Reduction [PDF]
Sudan Mr. Hassabu Abdel Rahman Commissioner, Humanitarian Assistance Commission, Khartoum [PDF]
Thailand Mr. Apichai Chvajarernpun Director General, Pollution Control Department. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment [PDF]
Turkey Mr. Mustafa Taymaz Director General, Directorate of Disaster Affairs, Ministry of Public Works and Settlement [PDF]
Uganda Mr. Musa Ecweru Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness & Refugees,Office of the Prime Minister [PDF]
United States of America Mr. James Devine  Senior Adviser to the US Geological Survey
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Venezuela (Bolivian Republic of) Colonel Antonio José Rivero González Colonel, Director Nacional de Protección Civil y Administración de Desastres, del Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores y Justicia [PDF]


Interventions by organisations and other participants (Agenda item 3.1) (in alphabetical order)


Tuesday 5 June    
ADPC Dr. Bhichit Rattakul Executive Director a.i. [PDF]
EU Mr. Eckart Guth Eckart Guth Deputy Secretary General, Geneva [PDF]
IFRC Mr. Ibrahim Osman  Deputy Secretary General  [PDF]
NGO network Ms. Suranjana Gupta Representative of Global NGO Network [PDF]
UNEP Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw Director, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI)  [PDF]
UNESCO IOC Mr. Patricio Bernal Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission  [PDF]

Wednesday 6 June    
African Union Ms. Rosebud Kurwijila Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Ethiopia  [PDF]
Gender and Disaster Network (GDN) Ms. Maureen Fordham  Senior Lecturer, UK Disaster and Development Centre [PDF]
GEO Mr. Giovanni Rum Senior Program Officer, Group on Earth Observation secretariat [PDF]
ICSU Mr. Gordon McBean International Council of Scientific Union, Planning Group
on Natural and Human-induced Environmental Hazards and Disasters
[PDF]
ILO Mr. Alfredo Lazarte Hoyle Director of the International Labour Organization Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction  [PDF]
Int’l Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) Mr. Hirokazu Iemura
Mr. Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany
Secretary General
Director of International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)
[PDF]
[PDF]
Int’l Civil Defence Organization Mr. Eugene Vasiliev Deputy Secretary General [PDF]
UNCCD Mr. Arnaud de Vanssay Associate Expert, Committee on Science and Technology (CST) [PDF]
UNESCO  Mr. Badaoui Rouhban Chief of Section for Disaster Risk Reduction [PDF]
UNFCCC secretariat Mr. Roberto Acosta On behalf of  Yvo de Boer Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change  [PDF]
UN-HABITAT Mr. Abdalla Abbas Director, Geneva Office [PDF]
UNICEF Mr. Frederic Spielberg Emergency Programmes, Early Warning and Preparedness [PDF]
UNITAR Mr. Alain Retière Principal Coordinator, UNOSAT programme
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UNV Ms. Deborah Verzuu UNV Liaison Officer, Geneva. [PDF]
WFP Mr. Daly Belgasmi Director, WFP Geneva Office [PDF]
WHO  Mr. Samir Ben Yahmed Director Special Assignments and Acting Director, Emergency Preparedness and Capacity Building, Health Action in Crises, World Health Organization, Geneva
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WSPA Mr. Larry Winter Roeder United Nations Affairs Director [PDF]

Written statements (in alphabetical order, provisional)
Algeria [PDF]
Botswana [PDF]
Canada [PDF]
Comores [PDF]
Congo (The Republic of) [PDF]
Hungary [PDF]
Luxembourg [PDF]
Lao People's Democratic Republic [PDF]
Mongolia [PDF]
Niger [PDF]
Senegal [PDF]
Togo [PDF]
   
   
Action Aid [PDF]
Care International [PDF]
CGLU, ICLEI, CITYNET and EMI [PDF]
Duryog Nivaran [PDF]
NGO Committee on Mental Health [PDF]
NGO Position Paper [English] - [French] - [Spanish]
UN-HABITAT [PDF]



Assessment of progress in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action - (Agenda item 5)



Regional perspectives (Agenda item 5.1):
Short update on the regional processes and challenges when it comes to monitoring progress and risk.

Org/Country
Name
Position
 
Africa
AU Mr. Foday Bojang Head of Environment and Natural Resources Division [PDF]
       
The Americas
OEA Mr. Pablo Gonzalez Director of the Sustainable Development Department [PDF]
       
Asia/ South Pacific
SOPAC Ms. Cristelle Pratt Director South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission [PDF]
       
Europe
Council of Europe Mr. Francesc Pla Castelltort Deputy to the Executive Secretary [PDF]
       
Middle East and North Africa
Information and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers Mr. Fawzi Mohammed Director, Crisis and Disaster Management Sector [PDF]


Thematic Perspectives (Agenda item 5.2)

Org/Country
Name
Position
Environment
MOFA Denmark Mr. Kurt Mørck Jensen Senior Advisor   [PDF]
         
Education and knowledge management
Ghana Mr. Boniface Gambila Adagbila Regional Minister of Upper East Region   [PDF]
         
Health and safer hospitals
WHO/PAHO Mr. Ciro Ugarte Emergency Preparedness Advisor   [PDF]
         
Disaster Preparedness
Ecuador Ms. Lorena Cajas Vice Minister Risk Management   [PDF]



Organization
Project
Name
Position
 
Risk identification
UNDP Global Risk Identification Program (GRIP) Mr. Carlos Villacias Coordinator
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Early Warning
WMO International Early Warning Programme (IEWP) Ms. Maryam Golnaraghi Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction Programme [PDF]
         
Capacity development
CADRI Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative Ms. Joanne Burke Coordinator [PDF]
         
Climate Change
UNEP Disaster Management Branch Mr. John Carstensen Senior Advisor [PDF]
         
Recovery
IRP / UNDP International Recovery Platform (IRP) Mr. Anil K. Sinha Programme Advisor [PDF]
         
Drought Network
    Ms. Yvette Stevens Consultant [PDF]
         
NGO Network
Tearfund Disaster Response Team Mr. Marcus Oxley Director [PDF]
         
Fire Network
GFMC Global Fire Monitoring Center Mr. Johann Goldammer Senior Scientist [PDF]
 
ADPC
ADPC Asian Disaster Prepardeness Center Mr. Aloysius Rego Director, Disaster Management Systems [PDF]



ISDR System Priorities 2008-2009 to Advance the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action - (Agenda item 6)


MOB - Management Overside Board [PDF]
Working Group on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (UNEP) [PDF]
   
Summary of presentations that took place on Monday 4 June 2007  
ADPC [PDF]
ADRC [PDF]
ADRC ADPC UN/ISDR Joint Initiative [PDF]
Disaster Management Center Sri Lanka [PDF]
SOPAC [PDF]
Sri Lanka [PDF]
UN/ISDR [PDF]
Vanuatu [PDF]