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UN and Government of Pakistan working together to protect against future flood damage

After unprecedented floods in Pakistan killed 1,974 people, damaged 1.65 million houses, and destroyed 2.24 million hectares of crop land earlier this year, the United Nations has continued to partner with of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to help the country increase flood resiliency...
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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APEC: Malaysia calls for better coordination to face natural hazards

Speaking at the APEC ministerial meeting in Yokohama, Japan, Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jawm urged countries to further develop practical disaster risk management and research mechanisms to better prepare for disasters, reports Bernama...
Malaysian National News Agency/ Bernama
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Guardian UK: Namibia must learn from Tarawa about climate change

Servaas van den Bosch reports on the climate change issues facing Namibia, including food security, whilst countries gather at the Tarawa climate change conference - a follow-up of last year's Climate Vulnerable Forum. Vulnerable countries attending the conference have much to learn from each other, he writes...
Guardian, the (UK)
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Inuit experience tells us adaptation is key to the future

'Inuit approach climate change not only as a crisis, but as an opportunity to adapt, to find new techniques for living sustainably within the natural world' says Zacharias Kunuk, producer and co-director with environmental scientist Ian J. Mauro, of 'Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change' launched online today...
Postmedia Network Inc.
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The Beijing declaration on South-South cooperation for child rights in the Asia-Pacific region

This declaration lays out a number of commitments countries will work towards to advance the rights of the nearly 1.2 billion children in the Asia-Pacific Region. It focuses on regional cooperation in three key areas: (i) disaster risk reduction; (ii)

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11th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism: Simplification and harmonization of the UN in Africa

High level officials from the UN, African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD Coordinating and Planning Agency (NPCA), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and other international, regional and sub-regional organizations will meet in Addis Ababa on 14-15 November for the 11th session of the regional coordination mechanism (RCM- Africa). > View full story
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Documents and publications

Honduras: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
Documents and publications

Nepal: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

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