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Examples in Algeria, Afghanistan, Colombia, India, Turkey, and, Nepal show that the building code enforcement and the political commitment in constructing safe schools can offer many lessons learned to other countries at high seismic risk. “ We need to

As the United States commemorates the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, one of the worst earthquakes in U.S. history, the director of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat recalls

In 2005, there was an 18 per cent rise in disasters that killed 91,900 people according to official figures issued by the Belgian Université Catholique de Louvain’s Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters and the United Nations International

A year ago, in Kobe Hyogo Japan, 168 governments signed the Hyogo Framework, a plan of action to reduce the impact of natural hazards on populations over the next decade. Since its adoption, 40 countries have revised their policies to put disaster risk

Policy makers are set to agree on a continental programme of action to implement the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction - a programme that will protect lives and livelihoods from the risks of natural hazards. The first African Union

Yann Arthus Bertrand worked with UNISDR to create a 2006 calendar that contains photographs highlighting the need for disaster risk reduction. UNISDR asked Yann some questions about his photography and interest in disaster preparedness.

Yann Arthus Bertrand is the first artist to promote disaster risk reduction at the international level. For years, he has photographed the world from the sky, showing the beauty of the Earth. However, he says that “this testimony is worthless if it does

The Indian Ocean tsunami demonstrated the high vulnerability and low resilience of coastal communities in disaster situations. In order to build safer coastal communities, Denmark is organising an International Workshop entitled, “Strengthening the

"I am very lucky that I survived the tsunami and very sad for all the people who died and hope that my experience will show the power of education and help to save more lives in the future"

“What we are witnessing now in the Caribbean is an example of an effective working early warning system” says Salvano Briceño, Director of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. “The timely warning messages provided by the US National