A declaration of the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, October 24-26, 2010, during the "XII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del Mecanismo de Dialogo y Concertacion de Tuxtla", in which they "emphasise the importance of the Hyogo Framework for Action aimed to raise awareness, mobilise action and build global, regional, national and local, existing practices to reduce loss of life, social and environmental needs of communities following a disaster, including climate change adaptation, as well as highlight the work of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (ISDR) in its role to promote, and monitor its application, particularly through the campaigns 'Disaster risk reduction begins at school', 'Safe hospitals' and 'Making cities resilient', promoted by the Strategy".
