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The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, opens the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, to agree on a new framework which will update the HFA. (Photo: UNISDR)

Press release

14 March 2015

UN Secretary-General calls for massive investment in disaster risk reduction

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today opened the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, stating that annual economic losses now exceed US$ 300 billion annually.

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Japan's Prime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe, speaking at the opening ceremony today of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)

Press release

14 March 2015

Japan launches US$4 billion Sendai Cooperation Initiative as Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opens

The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe, today pledged $US 4 billion to support implementation of the “Sendai Cooperation Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction” over the next four years.

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The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction is expecting heads of State and government representatives from over 170 countries. (Photo: Vincent Fung)

Press release

13 March 2015

World gathers in Japan to agree on how to manage disaster risk

The world gathers this weekend in Sendai, Japan, for the third time in 21 years to agree on a new framework for managing disaster risk which will reduce mortality and economic losses.

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The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Mr. Saber Chowdhury, speaking at a meeting of parliamentarians in Sendai. (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

13 March 2015

IPU President calls for a success in Sendai

The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today emphasized the importance of “a good start here in Sendai” as the world gears up for what he called “the year for sustainable development.”

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There are now 45 role model cities under UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient campaign that are ready to implement the new ISO 37120 standard for resilient and sustainable cities.

Press release

13 March 2015

ISO standard to disaster-proof cities announced at UN conference

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today agreed to help pioneer a new ISO Standard in 45 cities already recognized for their commitment to keeping their citizens safe from a range of natural hazards including floods, storms and earthquakes.

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A woman carries water on her head at a settlement for displaced people in Goz Beida, eastern Chad. (Photo: Kate Holt/IRIN)

Update

12 March 2015

Experts seek gender-inclusive framework for disaster risk reduction

Experts want gender to feature strongly in the final text of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, due to adopted at the looming Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Head of the Sasakawa jury Prof.Dr Murat Balamir discusses the various merits of the three finalists in the jury room at the World Conference venue, in Sendai. (Photo: UNISDR)

Update

12 March 2015

Sasakawa finalists ‘shape the future’

The three finalists of the 2015 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction have been short-listed because “they are shaping the future, not just reshaping the past”.

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Update

11 March 2015

Ageing and risk – how to get it right

UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlstrom, today welcomed the publication by HelpAge International of the first “Disaster Risk and Age Index” in the build-up to the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, 14-18 March. The Index ranks 190 countries on the disaster risk faced by older people.

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Four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Sendai is hosting the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which opens this Saturday, 14 March. (Photo: Douglas Sprott via Flickr)

Press release

11 March 2015

Japan tsunami remembered on eve of World Conference on Disaster Risk

The Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, today took part in the solemn remembrance ceremony in Tokyo for all those who died in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which occurred on March 11, 2011.

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Press release

10 March 2015

UN Secretary-General’s breakfast of champions in Sendai

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will personally welcome the former President of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen, as the third UN Global Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) when he shares breakfast on Sunday with DRR advocates from around the world in Sendai, Japan, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction www.wcdrr.org

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