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UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, speaking today at the closing ceremony of the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
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Ulaanbaatar Declaration calls for greater accountability on disaster losses in Asia

The Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction closed today with the adoption of the Ulaanbataar Declaration, agreement on a two year plan of action and the news that Australia will host the next Conference in 2020.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
(From left:) Mayor Alfredo Arquillano, Philippines, Josephine Castillo, Philippines, Mami Mizutori, Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Enkhtuvshin Ulziisaikhan, Deputy Prime Minister, Mongolia, Willem Rampangilei, Chief, Ministry of the National Disaster Management Authority, Indonesia, Otgonbayar Baljin, Mongolia, Deicy Wenas, Indonesia, and Whitely Tasaruru, Vanuatu.
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Asia honours its local champions

Five local leaders with inspiring stories were hononoured for their actions at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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CEO of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Brendan Moon, explains the value of investing in disaster resilient infrastructure
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Urgent need for disaster resilient infrastructure

Significant investments in resilience are required to safeguard future massive investment in infrastructure across Asia in the coming years, a high level session heard today at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Giving an Ignite Stage presentation today at the AMCDRR, Hansen Thambi Prem, and Daniella Hiche, of World Animal Protection
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Animals need DRR too

Poor farmers are often reluctant - or can leave it too late - to evacuate in the face of a storm or flood because of their concern at abandoning their animals.
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Panel discussion on social protection at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
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Social protection reduces disaster risk for poor

Eradicating poverty and reducing the number of people affected by disasters are at the heart of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Social protection works well in Mongolia and Pakistan.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
This tsunami buoy undergoing inspection in Indonesia is part of the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system introduced after the 2004 tsunami
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Tsunamis teach importance of inclusion

Mongolia may be landlocked but yesterday Ulaanbaatar was home to a special session on tsunami awareness at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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UNISDR head Mami Mizutori told the opening of AMCDRR that extreme weather events are driving disaster displacement in the region
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AMCDRR focus on disaster displacement

The UN Secretary-General highlighted forced disaster displacement in his message to the AMCDRR yesterday as consultations got underway in Ulaanbaatar on a new guide.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, Deputy Prime Minister, Enkhtuvshin Ulziisaikhan, and Prime Minister, Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, on stage today with singing schoolchildren at the opening of the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaser Risk Reduction (Photo: Tejas Patnaik, UNISDR)
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Asia shows leadership on DRR

Youth, political leadership, inclusion and commitment to action were all on display as the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opened today.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
The Prime Minister of Mongolia, Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, speaking at the opening today of the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
Press release

Mongolia opens Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

PRESS RELEASE: The Prime Minister of Mongolia, Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, urged participants at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to make progress on reducing disaster losses in the world's most disaster-prone region in his keynote address on the opening day.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
(from left): At the Making Cities Resilient event, Sundui Batbold, the Mayor and Governor of Ulaanbaatar, Beate Trankmann, UN Resident Coordinator, and Sanjaya Bhatia, UNISDR Making Cities Resilient Campaign
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Bangladesh joins cities campaign en masse

Breaking news at the Asian Ministerial on DRR is that all Bangladesh's 329 municipalities have joined UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

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