The Secretariat of the International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
On-line Conference
 
Dialogue on millennium development goals and disaster risk reduction
 
Introduction
Guidelines
 
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Guidelines for comments and contributions: 
 

Participants are invited to make constructive contributions and to share their views and ideas, provide concrete examples taken from their field of work and expertise. As much as possible, they are encouraged to provide bibliographic and other references to back up their remarks.

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Disclaimer
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Participation guiding principles
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