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Second Session of the Global Platform
for Disaster Risk Reduction
15-19 June
2009 |Geneva, Switzerland
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| CLOSING
PLENARY
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The closing plenary dais
with Helena
Molin-Valdes,
UNISDR; Margareta
Wahlström, UN Assistant
Secretary-General,
UNISDR; John
Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian
Affairs and Chair of
the second session
of the Global Platform for
Disaster Risk
Reduction; and Silvano
Briceño, UNISDR. |
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Chair Holmes described his impressions of the Second Platform, noting that participants had placed a strong emphasis
on community involvement, education and health, urban risks, the fundamental role of women and children and climate change. |
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| Margareta
Wahlström, UN Assistant
Secretary-General, introduced a session on
feedback from
participants on the
second Platform. |
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| David Nabarro, UN System Coordinator on Avian and Human Influenza and the Global Food Security Crisis, stressed the importance of making pandemic preparedness an integral part of
disaster risk
reduction planning. |
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| Laura Gurza, Ministry of Interior, Mexico, said that although the pandemic is a health problem it requires a response from various sectors of government and society, including the private sector. |
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Amanda Pulido, Ministry of the Interior, Columbia, reiterated the need to ensure that there is greater investment in disaster preparedness and disaster recovery
systems. |
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| Norma Schimming-Chase, Member of Parliament, Namibia, gave an overview of the outcomes of the meeting of parliamentarians. |
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| Vincent Rembeth, Indonesia,
urged participants to invest in financial and technical support for
disaster
risk
reduction national
platforms. |
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Haydeé Rodriguez, Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood, stressed that local level priorities must inform national level policies. |
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| Ibrahim
Osman, Deputy
Secretary-General,
International
Federation of the
Red Cross and
Crescent, called for the establishment of
clear national and international financial commitments to
disaster risk
reduction. |
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| A youth
participant from
Bolivia, called for greater involvement of children at future UNISDR Platform meetings. |
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| A youth
participant from the
Philippines, equated Geneva to a "school for governments" and urged delegates to return to their countries and "do their homework" on
disaster risk
reduction with a view to include young people in the various
UNISDR processes. |
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Sharon Ruso, UNISDR
with Helena
Molin-Valdes, UNISDR |
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| Margareta
Wahlström, UN
Assistant
Secretary-General,
joins Chair Holmes
in thanking the
participants for a productive
meeting. He closed the
meeting at 1:02 pm
(Geneva time). |
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SNAPSHOTS
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BANNERS
AROUND THE SESSION
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Related Links for
Disaster Risk Reduction
 Website of the
UN
International Strategy for Risk Reduction
Website of the
Second
Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction
Session
documents: Provisional
Annotated Agenda, Provisional
Timetable, and Calendar
of Events
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the
Second
African Regional Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR) Consultative Meeting, 5-7
May 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS coverage of the
First
Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction,
4-7 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of
the World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe-Hyogo, Japan
IISD RS coverage of
the World
Conference on Disaster Reduction - Prepcom-1, 6-7
May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of
the Second
Conference on Early Warning, 16-18
October 2003, Bonn, Germany
Climate-L -A news and announcement list on climate change news and policy developments
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin- Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
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