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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.

(l. to r.) UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlstrom, with IPU co-Rapporteurs, Sabir Chowdhury, and Philippe Mahoux, Belgium at today's session of the 130th IPU Assembly

Update

19 March 2014

IPU debates resolution on risk resilience

Parliamentarians from across the world are participating this week in a wide-ranging debate on disaster risk at the 130th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) which is set to adopt a ground-breaking resolution on risk-resilient development tomorrow.

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City to city sharing works: Twenty-five high level city officials from seven countries get set to share experience to build local resilience.

Update

18 March 2014

Korean boost for city resilience

A new global capacity building initiative to strengthen resilience of cities around the world was launched today.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction

Site design for SM Cares Village in Bogo, Cebu.

Update

17 March 2014

UNISDR supporter rehouses 1,000 families

A leading member of UNISDR’s global private sector partnership is rehousing 1,000 families badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan in new communities that are designed to have soul and safety in equal measure.

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Press release

13 March 2014

Bangkok to host 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Bangkok/Geneva, 13 March 2014 – Some 3,000 experts including government ministers from 50 Asian countries are to meet in Bangkok, to discuss the disaster-prone region’s final inputs into a new global agreement on disaster risk reduction to replace the existing Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)...

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Just over a year ago, UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström welcomed the Mayor of Sendai, Emiko Okuyama, to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign with a certificate of recognition on the importance of political leadership in building disaster resilient societies.Today on the 3rd anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Mayor Okuyama, said the pace of recovery is speeding up.

Update

11 March 2014

Today Japan Remembers

Three years on, the pain has not diminished. Today, the whole of Japan is remembering the day of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The confirmed death toll stands at 15,884 with 2,633 missing and 267,000 people are living as evacuees.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Kobe Office

Press release

11 March 2014

IBM and AECOM join UN Campaign to make cities resilient

GENEVA, 11 March 2014 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is working with IBM (NYSE: IBM), and global planning, design and engineering firm AECOM to measure cities’ resilience to disasters.

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Mayor Corro explains to the Governor of Cebu, Hilario Davide III, his search for a solution to relocate 4,000 families currently living in a designated No Build Zone.

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10 March 2014

Haiyan Mayors meet on resilience

An inclusive recovery effort in the aftermath of the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is providing a global example of how to build community resilience ahead of next year’s World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Yeb Saño discusses opportunities for resilient recovery at a transitional shelter site with Tacloban Mayor Mr Alfred Romualdez and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms Margareta Wahlström.

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6 March 2014

Yeb Saño Sees Hope in World DRR Conference

The Philippines Climate Change Commissioner, Yeb Saño, believes the post-2015 international framework for disaster risk reduction will grasp the opportunity to “think and act differently”.

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UNISDR head, Margareta Wahlström, with the Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Education, Armin Luistro, at today's launch.

Press release

4 March 2014

Philippines Leads in UN Disaster-Safe Schools Initiative

The Philippines today publically committed to be a role model for safe schools and deliver a strong message to the 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March 2015 on the importance of protecting school children and students in their education environment.

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Mayor Romualdez describes to Ms Wahlström the progress made at one of the city’s transitional shelter sites.

Update

4 March 2014

Tacloban Mayor strives to transform city

The Mayor of the worst-hit city of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster believes the city’s future prosperity depends on “transformational development” that rebuilds communities and not just houses.

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