Jordan: Aqaba hosts meeting on reducing disaster risk in Arab states

"It is the first time that decision makers, ministries, organizations and institutions from the Arab States come together to share experiences and promote regional coordination for reducing the impact of natural disasters", said Beat von Daeniken, Swiss Agency for Development and Coordination (SDC) Regional Director of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Mr Beat von Daeniken was talking with Gazzetta del Sud in Aqaba, Jordan, at the first Arab Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, where representatives from the League of Arab States gathered to reach a common Arab position on the new international guidelines that will replace the Hyogo Framework for Action - the current blueprint for global disaster risk reduction adopted by the member states of the United Nations in 2005.