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Neori Lagi (left) of the Pacific Disability Forum receives a Pacific Innovation & Leadership Award for Resilience (PILAR) from H.E. Kenichi Suganuma, Japan’s Ambassador for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Recognising resilience in the Pacific

A trio of creative organisations supporting the development of community resilience have been recognised for their great work in the Pacific region.
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The Redcliffs School is in Christchurch's Red Zone and has been closed for three years due to the danger of rockfalls triggered by earthquakes and aftershocks. No schoolchildren died in the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The houses built on top of the cliff have all been abandoned. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Drop, Cover, Hold … Live

Not one child died at a school or kindergarten during the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011. It was one of the few bright spots from the major disaster that hit New Zealand’s principal city of its South Island.
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Fiji Minister Seruiratu said the Pacific deserves its place among the world’s best in terms of integrating disaster risk and climate change strategies. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Pacific Platform opens with call for action

The Pacific region today challenged itself to grasp what was described as a ‘pivotal moment’ to shape disaster risk and climate change efforts for at least the next 20 years.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
The conference declaration benefited from the participation of national and local government officials, academics, members of civil society, youth groups and non-government organizations from some 30 countries.
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Americas calls for ‘indicators of resilience’

The Americas region gave further impetus to the global efforts to agree a new international framework on disaster risk reduction (DRR) by adopting on Thursday a series of recommendations to be included in the agreement due to be adopted at a world conference next year in Sendai, Japan.
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Poverty remains a big challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Risk and poverty reduction in the Americas

Ecuador is using policies of poverty reduction to limit the vulnerability of populations to natural hazards and disasters, the 4th Session of the Americas Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction heard yesterday in a wide-ranging discussion on the links between poverty and disasters.
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José Corral, mayor Santa Fe, Argentina, sharing his city's experience in combating urban flooding.
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Strengthen role of local authorities in DRR

A new global framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) must seek to strengthen the role of local government because the impact of all disasters is local, the 4th Session of the Americas Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction heard on Wednesday.
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Margareta Wahlström (third from left), Head of UNISDR, in a high-level panel with ministers from selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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New pact must integrate DRR and national development

The biggest challenge facing next year’s UN World Conference to agree a new global DRR framework, is how to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) into national development plans, Margareta Wahlström, Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said on Wednesday.
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Children representatives of the Voces movement with Margareta Wahlström, head of UNISDR.
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Americas children heard on DRR

Nearly 60 children and young people from across Latin America and the Caribbean made a strong and colourful claim on Tuesday for their voices to be heard in campaigns to reduce risks of natural disasters and other pressing environmental and social issues.
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Ecuadorian Deputy Foreign Minister Leonardo Arízaga Schmegel opened the 4th Regional Platform for DRR in the Americas.
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Americas DRR Platform opens with Ecuador’s HFA success

Ecuador has invested heavily in disaster risk reduction (DRR), both politically and financially, and with some good results, but there is much still do, the opening session of the 4th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas heard on Tuesday.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
UNISDR has gained a new campaign partner in Peace Boat.
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Cities campaign takes to the high seas

The Making Cities Resilient Campaign is set to take to the high seas after the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today announced a new partnership with Peace Boat.
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