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Displaying 15 of about 274 resultsNEW YORK, 13 April 2012 - There was a strong call for "the incorporation of disaster risk reduction in any future framework for sustainable development" during the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction yesterday which served as a major curtain raiser for Rio+20.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, delivered a sta…
Geneva, 20 May -- After announcing last week that Geneva would take part in the United Nations "Making Cities Resilient" campaign, Pierre Maudet, the incoming Mayor of Geneva as of 1 June, said the city would share experiences with other local governments seeking to manage risk.
Mr. Maudet made that comment at a meeting convened by the United Nations s…
Six months on: Haiti and disaster risk reduction
Reconstruction will take years but Haiti must emerge safer said Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
It has been six months since a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, causing major damage to the capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding area. While a great deal has been…
Helen Clark: Statement at the Montreal Ministerial Conference
Let me also join others in thanking the Government of Canada for hosting this important Preparatory Conference. We appreciate the leadership demonstrated by the Government, as well as the active involvement and concern of so many here today in addressing the disaster Haiti has endured. I wou…
FIJI, 22 October 2013 – A global initiative to increase coverage of disaster risk reduction issues in the media culminated last week in the Pacific.
ECHO and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) jointly organized the series of workshops, which has trained more than 100 journalists from 45 countries.
An intensive two-day forum in Suva, Fi…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the South Sinai Governorate and the League of Arab States (LAS) are organizing the 2nd Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 14-16 September 2014.
Adhering to the outcomes of the first…
Overview of organisation & assignment
The Red Cross is a leading global humanitarian movement with a key role in disaster management (DM) and a permanent presence as an auxiliary to government in Pacific states. In disaster management, the Red Cross movement works with vulnerable people and communities in support of wide-ranging and holistic DM pro…
Background
The strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation on January 12, 2010 at 4.53 p.m. (local time). The earthquake led to approximately 220,000 casualties and more than 300,000 persons injured. The government has also estimated that more than 511,000 people hav…
Build Change has ongoing post-earthquake housing reconstruction programs in West Sumatra, Indonesia and Sichuan, China. So far, Build Change has improved the design and/or construction of over 6,400 houses, trained nearly 950 builders and over 1,000 technical high school students, engineers, and government officials in safe construction techniques. Buil…
Open To:
All employees of CDERA Coordinating Unit and to the general public
Merit Criteria:
Qualifications and Experience
- First degree in communications, journalism, public information and five (5) years progressively responsible professional experience OR ten (10) years subject matter experience
- A Masters degree in a related discipline would be…
The Government of the Virgin Islands invites qualified and professional applicants to apply. Public Service Comission of the British Virgin Islands, Department of Disaster Management.
Main responsibilities include:
- Developing, implementing and maintaining an outgoing Public Awareness & Education programme designed to keep government agencies…
Main purpose of the job
To develop and outwork an advocacy strategy that supports our partner and operational activities in Haiti, and clearly communicates Tearfund’s position. This will include:
- Capacity building and supporting partners/disaster management team in their advocacy strategies with particular focus on reconstruction, child protection, d…
The Department of Disaster Management in the British Virgin Islands celebrated the theme of the 2011 International Day for Disaster Reduction.
The activities included:
- a feature address by the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie, Minister for Education and Culture and was broadcast via local radio and TV stations as well as local online media
- a press releas…
A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
The 2017 National Disaster Awareness Week (NDAW) will focus on increasing understanding and preparation for tsunamis. The week launch also coincides with the UNISDR International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, where the focus for 2017 is to reduce the number of affected people by disaster by 2030.
This is also one of the key focuses of…