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The Sendai document emerged from three years of talks, [7] assisted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, during which UN member states, NGOs, and other stakeholders made calls for an improved version of the existing Hyogo Framework, with a set of common standards, a comprehensive framework with achievable targets ...
The Third UN World conference adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Previous conference outcomes include the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 – 2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters in 2005 and the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World in 1994.
The functions of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction include leading and overseeing UNDRR in the executions of its functions entrusted by the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and its successor the Sendai Framework, as ...
GFDRR was initially launched to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) [23] approved during the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005. On March 18, 2015, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) was adopted. GFDRR now supports the implementation of this ...
The intergovernmental negotiation process for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction [9] (the successor of the Hyogo Framework [10]) started in April 2014. The process culminated at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction [11] that took place in Sendai, Japan from March 14–18, 2015. Currently, DRR is active in ...
By Paul Mohai, Byoung-Suk Kweon, Sangyun Lee, and Kerry Ard Air Pollution Around Schools Is Linked To Poorer Student Health And Academic Performance
City Region Country Deaths Missing Injured Damage costs References Aizuwakamatsu: Fukushima Prefecture: Japan: 1: 6: Akkeshi: Hokkaido Prefecture: Japan ¥ 2.87 billion (US$26.15 million) [1] ...
Summary of Mozambican Refugee Accounts of Principally Conflict-Related Experience in Mozambique Report Submitted to: Ambassador Jonathan Moore Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs