Americas

Regional policies and plans

2023

Carta de Belém

The Belém Charter, available both in Portuguese and Spanish, creates a permanent forum between the region's mayors, within the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO), and includes the objective of "making resilient and sustainable cities".

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

Policies and plans

2021

Ministerial declaration: Fourth high-level meeting of ministers and authorities on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in the Americas and the Caribbean

Under the theme of 'Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean', the ministers and heads of delegation gathered at the fourth high-level meeting of ministers and authorities put forward this declaration.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

Policies and plans

2010

Plan of action on safe hospitals

This plan aims to facilitate the adoption by the Member States of the theme 'hospitals safe from disaster' as a national risk reduction policy, and achievement of the goal of constructing all new hospitals with a level of protection.

Pan American Health Organization

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