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At the closing ceremony of the Global Platform, Marwa Elmenshawy, Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism, and Global Platform co-chairs, Mami Mizutori, UNDRR, and Manuel Sager, Secretary of State, Switzerland.
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Call to raise level of ambition on Sendai

Some 4,000 people attending the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction this week which ended with a call to raise ambition levels to reduce risk and disaster losses
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Panelists at the High-Level Dialogue on risk-informed public and private investment: Isidoro Santana, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic and Sandra Wu, UN Global Compact
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Risk affects business performance

Leading figures from the world of business took part in a high-level dialogue on risk-informed public and private investments at the Global Platform
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United Nations Sasakawa Award Global Platform 2019

Opening Remarks United Nations Sasakawa award GP2019 8.15 - 19.15 - 16 May 2019, Room 2 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen - I am delighted to welcome you to the United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction. This award is given every two
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Ministerial Roundtable 2 “Risk-Informed Investments & Economics of Disaster Risk Reduction”

SPEECH BY SRSG GP2019 – 16 May 2019 Roundtable 2 “Risk-Informed Investments & Economics of DRR” I hope some of you will have seen the press release we issued last week outlining an initiative by a large Norwegian Pension Fund, KLP, to start geo-tagging
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ODI High-level Breakfast - When disasters and conflict collide

ODI High-level Breakfast - When disasters and conflict collide Thursday 16 May 2019; from 07.15 to 07.45 (breakfast from 06.45 am) Hotel Intercontinental, Room Benelux SPECIAL REMARKS (10 min) Check upon delivery Good morning excellencies; Mr Barthle
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(From left) head of UNDRR, Mami Mitzutori with Sasakawa Award winners Dr. PK Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Sidnei Furtado, Director, Dept of Civil Defence, Campinas, Brazil, and Bijal Brahmbhatt, Director, the Mahila Housing SEWA Trust, India
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UN recognises excellence in protecting vulnerable communities from disaster risk

The Department of Civil Defence of Campinas, Brazil, the Mahila Housing Sewa Trust, India, and Mr. Pramod Kumar Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, are the three laureates of the 2019 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Malini Mehra, GLOBE International, giving the keynote address at the High Level Dialogue on the Sendai Framework
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Expect the unexpected and prepare for it

A series of High Level Dialogues kicked off at the Global Platform with a discussion on progress made in implementing the global plan to reduce disaster losses, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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(L-R): Saber Hossain, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh; Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank; Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland; Mami Mizutori, SRSG for DRR; Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union; and Dolores Devesi, OXFAM, Solomon Islands
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Women's leadership key to reducing disaster mortality

The promotion of women's leadership was credited yesterday for the significant drop in disaster mortality in Bangladesh during a Special Session at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Ministerial Round Table 1 (“Accelerating the achievement of the Sendai Framework: Benefits of coherence and integrated approach with SDGs and Climate Change”)

GP2019 SRSG Speech Ministerial Round Table 1 (“Accelerating the achievement of the Sendai Framework: Benefits of coherence and integrated approach with SDGs and Climate Change”) 15 May 2019 I think it would be hard to overstate the benefits of coherence
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Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 15-17 May 2017, Geneva OPENING OF THE MEETING Remarks by Moderator Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction As we conclude this opening ceremony, I would

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