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Displaying 15 of about 48 resultsBulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2012, 68(2) pp. 9–21:
This article presents the findings of an independent investigation panel, established by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, to review how the government, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, and other relevant actors responded to the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster that unfold…
Referring to the March 11 Japanese triple disaster and humanitarian crisis, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Director General Helena Lindberg raises the issue of 'complex megadisaster' as reminder of the extent of our own vulnerability. In her contribution to PublicService.co.uk, she highlights some of the important lessons drawn for these events, as…
This brochure is a joint paper of the United Nations Millennium Campaign in Asia and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) advocating for the commitment of the Asian Countries in progressing towards the fulfillment of the millennium development goals (MDGs) by addressing issues related to disaster risk reduction.
It was developed for the 2nd As…
11 July 2016, GENEVA – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today launched “The Sendai Seven Campaign – 7 Targets, 7 Years”, an advocacy initiative to encourage implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction with the goal of saving lives, reducing disaster losses and…
Considerations on, and lessons learned from, the international frameworks for disaster risk reduction:
Based on a comparative review of the main international frameworks for disaster risk reduction adopted by the United Nations since 1971, this paper aims to provide elements for future considerations on substance, form and review mechanisms for the pos…
Scope of work
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization…
Background
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and…
The Institution
Only recently founded in January 2012, Rabdan Academy, a duel sector institution, will produce outstanding graduates in such fields as safety, security, defence, emergency preparedness and crisis management. The graduates of the Academy will be highly sought after as team members and leaders and will be able to efficiently and effective…
In Spanish
Funciones y responsabilidades
Objetivo del Puesto:
Realizar el seguimiento global de las intervenciones de emergencia en las diferentes regiones en las que trabajamos: América Latina, África y Asia, asegurando la gestión eficaz y la calidad de los proyectos bajo su responsabilidad, y apoyando el seguimiento del resto de proyectos del áre…
LocationManoa, HawaiiDegreeDisaster management humanitarian assistance graduate certificateDescriptionThe Department of Urban and Regional Planning's Program on Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance grows out of our commitment to a multidisciplinary approach to planning education which recognizes the important contributions to planning that ca…
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Release Number: HQ-12-034
Washington D.C. - Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its partners released the 2012 National Preparedness Report (NPR) identifying significant progress the nation has made in areas of prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Overall the Report found that the nation…
Delegates Adopt 6 Draft Resolutions, 1 Oral Decision, Deferring Other Action
Faced with conflicts in the Arab world and other global challenges, the General Assembly had “stood strong, active and responsive” over the past year, making key advances in dispute settlement, United Nations reform, disaster prevention and sustainable development, Nassir Abdu…
This book provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development.
Natural hazards can affect anyone,…
GENEVA, 3 March 2016 – Australia could see its annual disaster bill rise nearly fourfold by 2050, with the cost of social impacts such as stress-related illness playing a significant role, two reports commissioned by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities warn.
Issued just two weeks before the first anniversary…
GENEVA, 23 May 2013 - The three-day 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, attended by a record 3,500 people and representatives from 172 governments, ended today with a call for "the immediate start of work to develop targets and indicators to monitor the reduction of risk" in the Chair's Summary at the closing plenary.
Global Platform Chai…