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The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction.

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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
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
From left: Ali Nazar Nazari, Focus Humanitarian Assistance, Mohammed Qaseem Haidari, Afghanistan Deputy Minister, and Sarat Panda, DRR Advisor
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Afghanistan embraces Sendai Framework

The Afghan delegation attending the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction today revealed their plans to have a National Platform for DRR in place later this year.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
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Better risk management can reduce disaster displacement

With 11.4 million people displaced, South Asia and the Pacific Islands bore the brunt of disaster displacement in 2017. However, as will be seen at this week's Asian Ministerial Conference, India and Mongolia’s adoption of Sendai Framework values can be emulated by countries across the region because local level prevention yields an inclusive resilience dividend.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
Dorjpagma lost her entire livestock herd during the 2016/2017 Dzud and was forced to migrate to Ulaanbaatar to seek work
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Mongolia brings disaster risk centre stage

The Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar hosts the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction this week and is also host to many people displaced by disaster.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Ministers and delegates at the closing ceremony for the 2018 Sub-Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction for Central Asian and South Caucasus
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Yerevan Declaration: Strengthen ties on disaster resilience

Delegates at the 2018 Sub-Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction for Central Asian and South Caucasus have adopted the Yerevan Declaration calling for increased regional cooperation. The conference presented progress towards the Sendai Framework and highlighted the need for inclusion of vulnerable communities in disaster resilience planning.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Homes in exposed locations are often not resilient enough to withstand extreme weather events
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Is your home built to last?

Built to last? is a new documentary inspired by businessman and DRR advocate Aris Papadopoulos based on his book Resilience - The Ultimate Sustainability
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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