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UN Adopts Agreement on Disaster Risk Reduction (March 18, 2015) [1]

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International Law in Brief [2]
Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 18, 2015, 187 United Nations member states adopted the “Sendai [3] Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 [3]” at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan. The framework, described by the UN [4] as “the first major agreement of the Post-2015 development agenda,” includes seven targets to be achieved over the next fifteen years— “a substantial reduction in global disaster mortality; a substantial reduction in numbers of affected people; a reduction in economic losses in relation to global GDP; substantial reduction in disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services, including health and education facilities; an increase in the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020; enhanced international cooperation; and increased access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments.” It also includes four priorities for action: (a) better understanding of risk, (b) strengthened disaster risk governance, (c) more investment, and (d) more effective disaster preparedness.


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[2] https://www.asil.org/blog-name/international-law-brief
[3] http://www.wcdrr.org/uploads/Sendai_Framework_for_Disaster_Risk_Reduction_2015-2030.pdf
[4] http://www.unisdr.org/archive/43289