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Margareta Wahlstrom, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction in discussion with Robert Piper, UN Resident Coordinator, Nepal, at the two day UN High Level retreat convened by UNISDR to work on a strategic plan of action for disaster risk reduction and resilience for the UN.
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Nepal’s tragedy in waiting

It's a scenario from hell which could rival the 2010 Haitian earthquake in terms of human losses.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
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After Sandy world weighs in on disaster risk reduction

Development cannot be sustainable if it does not incorporate disaster risk reduction was a key message by Member States yesterday as the UN General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee) began its two-day meeting on the issue of moving sustainable development forward.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - New York UNHQ Liaison Office
Indonesian President H.E. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono giving the opening speech at the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 23 October 2012.
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Disasters are "greatest threats to our national security"

The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, made a keynote address to last week's 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in which he explained why his administration has made "disaster reduction our top national priority."
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
A woman protects her family, her sand-covered hands evidence of the hard-labour she is performing to restore her dwelling, after the devestation of Cyclone Sidr in 2007. (Photo/Belinda Meggitt & Mickey Leung)
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IDDR 2012 - Putting women and girls on the map

On 13 October, the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) will be an occasion to pay tribute to millions of girls and women around the world who are on the frontline making their communities and societies resilient to the impacts of disasters and the effects of climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Presentation of Beira, Mozambique during the Risk Award ceremony. (Photo/Nikos Kapelis)
Press release

First international risk award goes to protection of vulnerable townships in Mozambique

The flood-prone coastal city of Beira in Mozambique was named today as the winner of the first RISK Award, a collaboration between UNISDR, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Munich Re Foundation and the Global Risk Forum, Davos. The €100,000 prize for project implementation is funded through the Munich Re Foundation.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Climate migrants risk more harm in new surroundings

The Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, Sir John Beddington, recently spoke to UNISDR about how migration triggered by natural hazards is actually taking people into areas of increasing vulnerability.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Abdou Sané, Member of Parliament from Senegal and a member of UNISDR's Parliamentarian Advisory Group
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UNISDR champion applauds African Union for decision on disaster insurance

UNISDR Parliamentary Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction, Abdou Sané, Member of Parliament from Senegal, recently welcomed the African Union's decision to establish an African Risk Capacity Secretariat - a specialized agency of the African Union which will help elaborate a legal agreement on a pooled risk insurance facility for droughts, floods, earthquakes and cyclones.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Documents and publications

Proceedings of the joint workshop: the role of hydrometeorological services in disaster risk management

This workshop report shares the best practices and experiences in the innovative and state-of-the-art hydrometeorological services and their use in disaster risk reduction mechanisms that are effectively protecting lives, livelihoods, and assets. The

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