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'We cannot eliminate disasters, but we can mitigate risk. We can reduce damage. We can save more lives. Common-sense investments in early warning and preparedness are making a difference and saving lives,' stressed the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a press conference...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for accelerated efforts to strengthen the capacity to withstand disasters across the world, saying the destruction wrought by such events can be avoided or mitigated by enhancing resilience through technology and other measures aimed at boosting preparedness...
The head of the United Nations office tasked with assisting countries with disaster risk reduction has stressed that governments and communities must urgently build disaster preparedness to avoid paying higher human and economic costs when such events occur, ahead of the the Global Platform next week...
'The lack of earthquake risk reduction is a major gap in Haiti’s development efforts, considering its vulnerability to major seismic events', a leading quake expert working with UNDP in the Caribbean country to help build its preparedness capacity said today. More on Haiti at the Global Platform...
The interconnected risks that the modern world faces, from conflicts and natural hazards to deep poverty and disease, means a much broader definition of security is needed, the General Assembly heard today. Learn more about what governments are doing on natural hazards at the Global Platform...
The United Nations office assisting countries with disaster risk reduction is calling for more coordinated and coherent action across different sectors of government to reduce setbacks caused by hazards such as droughts, earthquakes and hurricanes...
'Disaster risk reduction and recovery must be integrated into humanitarian action to improve preparedness and enhance resilience,' said Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, who visited Somalia and Kenya earlier this month...
'National action must lead the way in delivering clear results on the ground,' stressed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a message to the Ministerial Regional Conference on Climate Change in the Pacific, welcoming efforts by some Pacific Island States to strengthen resilience and reduce disaster risk...
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