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Review of the Yokohama
Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World:
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ISDR
Director Sálvano
Briceño
introduced the review of the Yokohoma Strategy and Plan
of Action for a Safer World (A/CONF.206/L.1) based on
comments and input from the IATF, governments,
international organizations and NGOs during the WCDR
preparatory process.
Above photo L-R: John Horekens, Coordinator of WCDR
and Sálvano
Briceño, Director, ISDR and Hans Joachim-Daerr
(Germany), WCDR Bureau Vice-President
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INDIA emphasized an insurance system for disasters.
Above photo L-R: Rupan Deol Bajaj, I.A.S.; G.L.
Goyal and Romesh Chander Dogra, Minister
Health and Family, Punjab (India)
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SYRIA proposed establishing a global fund to support the
implementation of disaster risk reduction programmes.
Above photo L-R: Mohammad Rekieh and Moutaz
Dalati (Syria)
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Thematic Segment:
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Panel Cluster 5: Preparedness for effective response
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Above photo:
The dais of the thematic cluster 5 with Johan
Schaar, Head of Division, Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency (Sweden); Carlos
Scaramella, Chief, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Unit, WFP; Yvette
Stevens, Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator and
UN/OCHA Director; Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury,
Secretary, Ministry for Food and Disaster Management
(Bangladesh); Fernanda
Teixeira, Secretary General, Mozambique Red Cross; Randolph
Kent, Senior Research Fellow, King’s College
London; José Llanes Guerra, Director, National
Disaster Office (Cuba)
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The
panel was chaired by Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury,
Secretary, Bangladesh’s Ministry for Food and Disaster
Management.
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Fernanda
Teixeira,
Secretary General, Mozambique Red Cross, emphasized its
long-term approaches to community-based disaster
preparedness, the lack of funding for sustaining
preparedness programmes and the need for indicators and
assessments to ensure readiness.
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Yvette
Stevens, Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator and
UN/OCHA Director, stressed the global community’s
responsibility to address the global, regional and local
risks that contribute to disasters.
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José Llanes Guerra, Director, Cuba’s National
Disaster Office, outlined Cuba’s civil defense
approach, highlighting the important role of
community-level activities and local leadership.
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Thematic Cluster 4: Session
4.1 on Disaster prevention functions and disaster resistant
sustainable livelihood
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Sumedha Jayasena, Minister of Women's Empowerment and
Social Welfare (Sri Lanka), urged reconstruction efforts to focus on
sustainable livelihoods.
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The
thematic cluster session 4.1 on Disaster prevention
functions and disaster resistant sustainable livelihood was
co-chaired by Tadatsugu Tanaka, Professor,
University of Tokyo, and Anil Subedi, Country Director,
Intermediate Technology Development Group, Nepal.
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Taizo
Homma, Director-General, Niigata Prefecture, explained the
role of drainage systems in disaster reduction.
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Yohei Sato, Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture,
underscored that rural communities not only produce food but
help increase disaster resilience.
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Thematic Cluster 1:
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Session 1.9 on Local
governance: preconditions for effective disaster risk reduction
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photo: The dais on thematic
cluster session 1.9 on Local governance: preconditions
for effective disaster risk reduction |
The thematic cluster session 1.9 was chaired by Christina
Bollin, Programme Manager, Disaster Risk Management in
Development Cooperation, GTZ.
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Mohammed
Yousaf Pashtun,
Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Afghanistan, said
Afghanistan has an opportunity to build effective governance
structures from scratch, learning from best practice.
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Oscar René Alcántara, civil society representative, Honduras, underlined the benefits of civil society
participation for long-term planning in politically unstable contexts.
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Main Committee:
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The Main Committee addressed the draft Hyogo
declaration in the morning and completed negotiations on that document in the afternoon. Delegates also continued consideration of the draft framework for action, with
negotiations carrying on late into the night.
Above photos L-R: Main Committee Chair Marco Ferrari
(Switzerland) assited by WCDR Secretariat; Pankaj Saran
(India) and Robert Owen Jones (Australia).
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Above photos L-R: Juana
Nuñez (Mexico); Joyce Mosweu (Botswana) and Jorge
Osella (Argentina)
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Above photos L-R:
Nicolas Nzoyoum (Cameroon), Fredrik Arthúr (Norway) and Shelley-Ann
Clarke-Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
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WCDR
ENB Snapshots:
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Above photos L-R: Photos
from the reception hosted by the Government of Japan
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Above photos: WCDR local
volunteers wearing the Kimono, a Japanese traditonal
dress
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