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'We must invest in preparedness and take forward our efforts to reduce risk and vulnerability to natural hazards,' said General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser...
'The United Nations system continues to invest time and resources in disaster risk reduction and in building resilient societies. We are strongly committed to learning from experience and sharing the knowledge of what works. We are sure to be tested again, and again and again' said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a memorial service for New Zealand earthquake victims...
This fact sheet profiles the eight main areas of strategic opportunity for the UN in 2011 and identifies key objectives for each of them: (i) inclusive and sustainable development, including disaster resilience for least developed countries and sm
'This is clearly a multiyear challenge,' cautioned Nigel Fisher, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, noting that much effort would have to be devoted to building back better...
To promote actions that will protect the world's drylands from further deterioration and degradation into deserts, the United Nations will launch the Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification on 16 August 2010.
The ECOSOC adopted a consensus text on strengthening the Organization's coordination of emergency relief assistance, by which it presses the UN to strengthen humanitarian capacities, and urges Member States to develop disaster preparedness and risk reduction measures...
Two senior officials closely linked with leading international recovery efforts for the country said today that they counted on the generosity of donors to mark a turning point in the Haitian people's dream that one day their homeland would no longer need international assistance...
The UN Secretary-General asserts that 'No country can afford to ignore the lessons of the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti. We cannot stop such disasters...But we can dramatically reduce their impact, if the right disaster risk reduction measures are taken in advance'...
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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