Closing Plenary
- Date & Time: Friday 19 June (09:30 - 13:00)
- Room: 1
- Interpretation: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Description
The Chair will read aloud a draft Chair’s Summary and will open the floor for discussion. He will then invite the raising of other business.
The Chair will express appreciation to all UNISDR system partners for their contributions to making the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction an important milestone in preparation for the interim review of the HFA in 2010 and the lead-up to COP-15 discussions scheduled for December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Chair will close the session.
Agenda
9:30-9:45 - Opening Remarks and Introduction Keynote Speaker
9:45-10:15 - Keynote presentation (tbc)
10:15-11:30 - Feedback and Wrap-Up
11:30-12:45 - Chair’s Summary
12:45-13:00 - Closing
MODERATOR
Mr. John Holmes, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Chair of the Second Session, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Closing Statements
| Private sector participants agreed on Five Essentials for Business and issued a Statement of Commitment for Disaster Prevention, Resilience and Risk Reduction. | Aris Papadopoulos | CEO, Titan America
Private Sector Advisory Group Chair | Written |
| Mayors renewed their commitment to the Ten Essentials of the “My City is Getting Ready” Campaign | David Cadman | Vice Mayor of North Vancouver and President of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability | Written |
| Message from Regional Bodies and Organizations | Dr. Kim Hak-Su | Senior Advisor National Emergency Managemement Agency (NEMA), Korea | Written |
| Global Platform Statement from Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction | Vishaka Hidellage | On behalf of the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction | |
| Speech by a 15yr-old from the Philippines | Andre | On behalf of children | |
| A joint statement called for scaling-up community health forces as vital for disaster reduction | WHO/ GHWA/UNICEF/IFRC/UNHCR | Written | |
| National Platforms: Enhancing Disaster Reduction through Better Governance | Janet Edwards | Swedish National Platform and Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency | Written |
| The Voice of Parliamentarians | Saumura Tioulong | International Parliamentarian Union Second Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade, Cambodia | Written |
| Red Cross Red Crescent Movement | Dr. Guiteau Jean-Pierre | Haiti Red Cross Society | Written |
| Voice of Men and Women on Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive | Lily Caravantes | Presidential Secretary for Food Safety and Nutrition, Guatemala | |
| Community Practitioners Platform for Resilience | Josephine Castillo | DAMPA in the Philippines | Written |
| A proposal to accelerate climate change adaptation | Ms. Luz Amanda Pulido | Director of the National System of Disaster Prevention and Response, Colombia | |
| Recommendations from the Parliamentarian meeting | Hon. Nora Schimming Chase | Member of Parliament, Republic of Namibia and Member of IPU | |
| Rapport sommaire de la réunion des parlementaires lors de la seconde session de la plate-forme mondiale pour la réduction des risques de catastrophes. | Hon. Nora Schimming Chase | Parlementaire de la République de Namibie et Membre de l'Union Interparlementaire | |
| Recommendations of National Platforms | Dr. J. Victor Rembeth | National Platform of Indonesia on behalf of National Platform Representatives | |
| Recommendations on how to mainstream gender in disaster risk reduction | Mrs. Haydee Rodriguez | President of the Union of Women’s Cooperatives, Representative of Huairou Commission, GROOTS International and the Gender and Disasters Network. | |
| A proposal by Call for Action from Children | Constanco and Rhee | Representatives of Call for Action from Children (a proposal sponsored by UNICEF, Plan International and World Vision) | |
| Recommendations of the ISDR Management Oversight Board (MOB) | Mr. Osman Ibrahim | Representative of the ISDR Management Oversight Board (MOB) | |
| Chair's Summary | Mr. John Holmes | Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Chair of the Second Session, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction | |
| Statement on Science and Technology for the Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction | Prof. Virginia Murray | Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection Centre for Radiation, Chemicals and Environmental Hazards, London | Written |
| Children's Charter | Written | ||
| The Chair's Summary - http://tinyurl.com/6zqrwmr | Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom | Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Outcomes
Note: this is an interim report pending publication of the Conference Proceedings from the 2009 Global Platform.