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At today's session on the Sendai Framework, (left to right) Chair, Ambassador Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Thailand, Ms. Setsuko Saya, Director, Japan Cabinet Office, and Dr. Prashanthi Gunewardene, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
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Sendai Framework monitoring by 2020

There was a wide-ranging discussion of indicators to measure progress in reducing disaster losses today at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Full scale monitoring of the Sendai Framework is due to start in 2020.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Mr. Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, addresses the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management in Fiji (Photo: UNISDR)
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Pacific countries step up disaster risk reduction

Pacific countries have pledged to step up efforts to deal with the challenge posed by climate change and the threat of disasters, in order to ensure that their development is sustainable.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
Nigeria's success in curbing its Ebola outbreak has won recognition from the UN as one the world's outstanding examples of how to reduce disaster mortality (Photo: CDC Global)
Press release

#IDDR2016: UN recognition for success in reducing disaster deaths in Fiji, Peru, Nigeria, India and Europe

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today marked International Day for Disaster Reduction by recognising five outstanding examples of successful efforts to reduce disaster mortality.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Mr. Donovan Guttieres, of the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth, makes a point during the discussion on involving communities in reducing disaster mortality (Photo: UNISDR)
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#IDDR2016: Involving affected communities is key to reducing disaster mortality

The risk of dying in a hurricane or flood is lower today than it was 20 years ago, in most parts of the world. In Haiti, however, the toll of Hurricane Matthew has already reportedly passed 1,000. The issue of how to reach countries and communities left behind and struggling to reduce their disaster mortality rates was the focus of a meeting at United Nations Headquarters, held ahead of International Day for Disaster Reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - New York UNHQ Liaison Office
Fiji has carried out a thorough post-disaster needs assessment in the wake of Cyclone Winston, pointing the way forward for disaster risk reduction (Photo: IFRC)
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#IDDR2016: Fiji’s honest appraisal of Cyclone Winston

There were fears of very large loss of life when Fiji was hit in February this year by the first category 5 cyclone in its recorded history, and the strongest ever seen in the southern hemisphere.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Meteoalarm uses simple colour coding and jargon-free explanations to help the public understanding real-time weather risks (Photo: Meteoalarm)
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#IDDR2016: Europe’s Meteolarm offers life-saving alerts

Rolled out in the wake of one of the deadliest storms to strike Europe in decades, the continent-wide weather information service Meteoalarm plays a life-saving role by raising public awareness of how to curb risks, and fosters international cooperation into the bargain.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
The Seychelles capital Victoria is home to key national infrastructure whose tsunami-readiness was tested during September's IOWave16 drill
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Tsunami drill teaches Seychelles life-saving lessons

A multinational tsunami drill in the Indian Ocean has taught Seychelles key lessons about how to save lives in the event that a potentially deadly wave strikes in the future, according to senior officials in the island nation.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Documents and publications
Reports

Implementing the Sendai Framework to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

This publication explores the interlinkages between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It describes every SDG and its contribution to preventing new- and reducing existing disaster risk, and

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