GAR 2015 Main Report

Chapter 1

Figure 1.4 From disaster response to disaster risk reduction

(Source: adapted from UNISDR Virtual Library.)

(Source: International Law Commission, 2013

International Law Commission. 2013,Sixth report on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, Sixty-fifth session Geneva, 6 May-7 June and 8 July-9 August 2013, by Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Special Rapporteur. Geneva: United Nations.. .

In 2004 the UN General Assembly convened the second World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Kobe in 2005, to build on the Yokohama Strategy and the Johannesburg Plan of Action. The resulting Hyogo Declaration emphasized the reduction of vulnerabilities and the strengthening of resilience of nations and communities “in the context of the disaster reduction cycle, which consists of prevention, preparedness, and emergency response, as well as recovery and reconstruction”.

1.3 The emergence of the disaster

risk management sector

An evolution from managing disasters to managing risks has slowly taken shape at national and international levels. At its centre has been the disaster management cycle.

A national system is born

On 13 November 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in Colombia erupted. Although the government had received multiple warnings of volcanic

in lives and in the social and economic assets of communities and countries”, has really been achieved and therefore whether the way disaster risk reduction has been understood and practised by most countries is really fit for purpose.

	28 Chapter 1 Figure 1.4 From disaster response to disaster risk reduction (Source: adapted from UNISDR Virtual Library.) (Source: International Law Commission, 2013 x International Law Commission. 2013,Sixth report on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, Sixty-fifth session Geneva, 6 May-7 June and 8 July-9 August 2013, by Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Special Rapporteur. Geneva: United Nations.. . .) In 2004 the UN General Assembly convened the second World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Kobe in 2005, to build on the Yokohama Strategy and the Johannesburg Plan of Action. The resulting Hyogo Declaration emphasized the reduction of vulnerabilities and the strengthening of resilience of nations and communities “in the context of the disaster reduction cycle, which consists of prevention, preparedness, and emergency response, as well as recovery and reconstruction”. 1.3 The emergence of the disaster risk management sector An evolution from managing disasters to managing risks has slowly taken shape at national and international levels. At its centre has been the disaster management cycle. A national system is born On 13 November 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in Colombia erupted. Although the government had received multiple warnings of volcanic in lives and in the social and economic assets of communities and countries”, has really been achieved and therefore whether the way disaster risk reduction has been understood and practised by most countries is really fit for purpose.	Page 1 Page 10 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 ->Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 50 Page 60 Page 70 Page 80 Page 90 Page 100 Page 110 Page 120 Page 130 Page 140 Page 150 Page 160 Page 170 Page 180 Page 190 Page 200 Page 210 Page 220 Page 230 Page 240 Page 250 Page 260 Page 270 Page 280 Page 290 Page 300 Page 310