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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.

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.

UNISDR is launching a call for "good practices" and lessons learned by cities/local governments in support of the "Making Cities Resilient – My City is Getting Ready!" campaign. Selected examples will be published by the end of 2011, and others will be showcased during the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction on 8-13 May 2011.

This document reports on a workshop aimed at introducing and integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) within National Societies' disaster management and health and social services programs, by presenting the global

During her visit to Pakistan this week, the UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of UNESCAP will be convening a High Level Meeting in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan and the UN Country Team to support the country's disaster risk reduction strategies and recovery and reconstruction plans, particularly regarding flood...

Senator Legarda, the Asia-Pacific Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, lauded the growing awareness of citizens and various groups in Eastern Visayas on the issue of climate change and urged for the fast-tracking of downscaled geo-hazard maps for barangays nationwide...

At a recent meeting on child rights in Beijing, China, governments discussed three key issues of concern to the region’s children, achieving the millennium development goals with equity, enhancing children’s lives through improved disaster risk reduction, and child protection and welfare, reports Kinga Tender for the Kuensel online...