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Regional workshop on urban risk reduction

UNISDR, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery of the World Bank, UNDP Syria and the Syrian Ministry for Local Administration convened a regional workshop on Urban Risk Reduction in Damascus on 4-5 November 2009. More than forty participants representing local authorities, researchers, academic experts, international and regional organizations have gathered to discuss regional priorities and challenges with respect to urban risk reduction as well as key actions to be undertaken regionally, nationally and locally to build safer cities and increase resilience to disasters. View full story
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Sand storm in Saudi Arabia, photo by Boyd Jones, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic
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Saudi Arabia: ways to mitigate effects of disasters in spotlight

Arab nations are getting together to promote the implementation of the United Nation's guidelines to disaster risk reduction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...
Arab News
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Freshwater future

This book formed an integral part of the 2003 International Year of Freshwater. It provides a comprehensive view of water projects and initiatives supported by the United Nations which gave all agencies and organisations dedicated to protecting global

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Third desert locust joint border survey report between Yemen and Saudi Arabia at Tihama Coastal Plain

In order to control the breeding process of desert locusts, the countries hosting recession areas carry out surveys. This document summarizes the findings of the process carried out between the 8th and 15th of January 2005 on Tihama Coastal Plain between

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