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Report on the Thematic
Segment:
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Above photo: Cluster-Chairs reporting onfthe thematic
segment.
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Above photo L-R: Rowena Hay, UMVOTO; Delegate
speaking on behalf of Laszlo Borbely, Minister delegate
for the Coordination of Public Works and Territory
Management, Government of Romania; and Alberto
Maturana,
Chile's National Emergency Office (ONEMI).
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Above photo L-R: Helen
Wood, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; Siddiqur
Rahman Choudhury, Bangladesh Ministry for Food and
Disaster Management; Amb. Glaudine
Mtshali,
South African Permanent Mission in Geneva; Mohammad
Hossein Moghimi (Iran), WCDR Rapporteur.
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Report on the Public
Forum:
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Above
photo: Tadashi Harada, Japan's Deputy
Director-General for Disaster Management, presented the
report on the Public Forum.
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Above photo: Zenaida Delica Willison, Center for
Disaster Preparedness, delivered the closing statement
on behalf of civil society.
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Report of the Main
Committee and adoption of the Hyogo Declaration:
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Above
photo: Main Committee Chair Marco Ferrari
(Switzerland) presented the report on the Main
Committee.
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Above
photo: Natalie Burke, Permanent Mission of
Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva, read the Hyogo
Declaration, which the Conference subsequently adopted.
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Conclusions of the
World Conference on Disaster Reduction:
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In their closing remarks, delegates expressed appreciation and gratitude to the ISDR Secretariat, the Government of Japan and Prefecture of
Hyogo, WCDR President
Murata (Japan), and applauded the spirit of commitment shown by participants in taking steps towards reducing disaster
risk. Above photos L-R: Hadil Da Rocha-Vianna, Brazil's
Ministry of External Relations and El Sadiq Almagly,
Deputy Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United
Nations in Geneva, delivering closing remarks on behalf
of GRULAC and the African Group, respectively.
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Above photo: Jan
Egeland speaking with John Horekens,
WCDR Coordinator.
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President Murata gaveled the WCDR to a close at 12.32
pm.
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Above photos L-R: WCDR closing dais and President Murata
being congratulated on the successful conclusion of the WCDR.
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Above photos L-R: Lisa
Schipper, ENB, congratulating Sálvano Briceño,
ISDR Director, for the successful conclusion of the WCDR.
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WCDR
ENB Snapshots:
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Above photos L-R: Grace
Princesa, Permanent
Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva and
Elma C. Aldea, Philippines' National Disaster Coordinating
Council; Kwon Wook, Republic of Korea's National
Disaster Management Agency; and Michel Vielle,
Seychelles' Risk and Disaster Management Director.
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