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UNISDR and its partners carried out an assessment to examine the Dominican Republic’s efforts in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action, recommending that the nation strengthen building codes as part of its efforts to mitigate the impact of hurricanes and other hazards...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns of the risks posed by inaction on climate change, saying 'the longer we delay the more we will pay - in lost opportunities, resources, and lives'...
Dozens of cities have joined the 'Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready' campaign, which calls on leaders and local governments to commit to a 10-point checklist to boost their resilience against natural hazards...
'You have been pioneers in calling attention to the specific vulnerability of Small Island States to climate change. Adaptation strategies to this very real threat will require sizeable and sustained investment' said the United Nations Secretary-General...
After a week of massive flooding in Myanmar, China and south-eastern France, the United Nations agency promoting disaster reduction activities, UNISDR, has called on governments to take account of flood risk in their urban planning efforts and urged citizens to avoid building their homes in high-risk areas...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the importance of disaster risk reduction in countering the challenges of climate change and attaining the ambitious goals of moving developing states out of poverty...
Investment in smallholder agriculture and rural infrastructure, strengthening poverty alleviation measures and disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change are some of the issues UN top humanitarian official John Holmes, is raising on his official visit to the Sahel...
A senior United Nations official today called for greater efforts to assist Afghans, who remain extremely vulnerable to a wide range of health challenges associated with natural disasters, conflict and the lack of coverage of health services.
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