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International day for disaster reduction reception

Organizer(s) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Plan International headquarters United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York) World Vision International Save the Children International
Format
In person
Venue
Delegates' Restaurant, 8th floor, Palais des Nations
Date

UNISDR will be hosting a special reception observing the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The event will be held this coming Thursday, 13 October, from 17:30-19:30 at the Delegates' Restaurant on the 8th floor of the Palais des Nations.

Programme

• Video Message from UN Secretary-General, H.E. BAN Ki-moon
• Message by the Mayor of Geneva, the Honourable Pierre Maudet
• Call to Action - Helena Molin Valdés
• Message from the Private Sector - Rowan Douglas
• Video Message from André Brent Bryle Soon (Camotes Islands in Cebu, Philippines) – one of the three teenagers who launched the Children’s Charter on Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2011
• The experiences of children as agents of change for Disaster Risk Reduction – Mike Penrose

Attachments

Agenda for IDDR Reception English

Document links last validated on: 18 December 2019

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