Cancun
Mexico

2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Organizer(s) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Date
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The 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May, 2017. The Global Platform is the most important international forum dedicated to the disaster risk reduction agenda, and this will be the first time it has been staged outside Geneva.

The 2017 Global Platform will mark the first opportunity for the international community to review global progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was adopted in Japan in 2015. More than 5,000 participants are expected, including policy makers and disaster risk managers.

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In Spanish

La 2017 Plataforma Global para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres tendrá lugar en Cancún, México del 22 al 26 de mayo de 2017. La Plataforma Global es el foro internacional mas importante dedicado a la agenda para la reducción del riesgo de desastres y esta será la primera vez en que tendrá lugar fuera de Ginebra.

La Plataforma Global marcará la primera oportunidad para que la comunidad internacional revise el progreso global de la implementación del Marco de Sendai para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, que fue adoptado en Japón en 2015. Se esperan mas de 5000 participantes, incluidos tomadores de decisión y administradores del riesgo.

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