COVID-19 News

Final Regional Seminar: BBB Post COVID 19
Update
The Final Regional Closing Seminar for Building back Better from COVID-19 in the Arab States: Applying the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Enabling a Prevention-Oriented and Risk-Informed Approach
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Egypt - government
Lebanon Consultation BBB
Update
UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States and the government of Lebanon organized the National Consultation for Integration of Biological Hazard in the National Disaster Risk Reduction in Lebanon
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Lebanon - government
News photo
Update
Geneva, Switzerland/ New York, USA / Incheon, Korea According to UN data, today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. COVID-19 is ravaging the world, challenging cities and their
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation
World Health Organization (WHO)
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Flyer for UNDRR-UNOSSC-WHO Joint Training
Update
With over 2400 participants from about 149 countries and territories, the first session of a new joint certification programme was held in June, focusing on an overall course introduction and key topics. Under the theme of “Build back better: Harnessing
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation
World Health Organization (WHO)
ARISE
Press release
The National UAE Private Sector Alliance for DRR (ARISE UAE) participated in the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2021 (AFSD-2021) in a special session for the private sector under the theme “Catalyzing Private Sector Engagement in the Decade of
United Nations Global Compact
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Infrastructure Resilience
Press release
The UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) and the Private Sector Alliance in the United Arab Emirates (ARISE UAE) brought together Real estate Developers and Regulators from the public sector to discuss the resilience of the Real Estate Sector
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
ARISE RAK PR
Community announcement
ARISE UAE in association with RAK Hospital launched the Middle East’s first-ever comprehensive ‘Online COVID-19 Rehabilitation Program’, which will be offered to patients suffering from long COVIDsymptoms, completely free of cost. ARISE, the Private
UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
SRSG quote for IWD
Update
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR), UN Women and UNDRR’s Regional Office for Asia and Pacific hosted an online discussion with some of the Asia-Pacific region's most accomplished women in the field. The event distilled decades of experience in governance and resilience building into a dialogue about the ways in which women’s leadership has reduced disaster risk, and how these lessons can shape a more equal post-pandemic future.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Medical staff work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for COVID-19 multiple patients inside a special hospital in Bergamo, Italy
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The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a need to ensure that the Sendai Framework, the Bangkok Principles, and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (EDRM) Framework are followed by countries to effectively deal with the ongoing crisis and minimize the possibility and impact of a future one.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
two construction engineer working in construction site and management in the construction site.
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Following on from the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum, a series of thematic consultations were organized to identify priority actions to be considered at the 2021 APMCDRR.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

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