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 22-24 November 2005
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 24-26 May 2005
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 7-8 October 2004
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 4-5 May 2004
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 5-6 November 2003
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 10-11 April 2003
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 24-25 October 2002
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 25-26 April 2002
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 10-11 October 2000
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 27-28 April 2000


6th meeting 24-25 October 2002

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Summary record and conclusions

AGENDA
Geneva, 24-25 OCTOBER 2002
Palais des Nations
Conference Room XII
 

Thursday 24 October

Morning session 9.30-13.00
(including 30 min. coffee break)
1. Introductory statement by the Chair
(31Kb)
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Briefing by the Director of the ISDR Secretariat
(2078Kb)
4.

Presentation to the Task Force of the first issue of the ISDR Secretariat report “Living with Risk”: a global review of disaster reduction initiatives
(5898Kb)

 
Afternoon session 14.30-18.00
(including 30 min. coffee break)
5. Follow up to the deliberations of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, especially with regard to future orientations of disaster reduction
(389Kb) 
6. The ten-year review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action (1994-2004): discussion on review methodology and expected outcomes
(81Kb)
 

18:00
Reception hosted by the ISDR Secretariat

 

Friday 26 April

Morning session 9.30-13.00
(including 30 min. coffee break)
7. Reports by Working Groups
Followed by general discussion, questions and answers
 
(130Kb)
(130Kb)

 Working Group 1: Climate and Disasters

 Working Group 2: Early Warning
 Working Group 3: Risk, Vulnerability and Impact Assessment
 Working Group 4: Wildland Fires
8. The issue of drought within the context of ISDR (continued from previous meeting; discussion based on the study by the ad-hoc discussion group on drought)
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9.

Facilitating international cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño (discussion based on this year’s report of the Secretary-General on the subject as well as recent inter-agency discussions

 
Afternoon session 14.30-18.00
(including 30 min. coffee break)
10.

Future work of the Task Force (including discussion on work modalities of IATF Working Groups)

11. Any other business
12.

Concluding remarks from the Chair

13.

Date of the seventh meeting

 
 
Additional documents
(108Kb)
Workshop: Linking Disaster and Climate Databases
Report to ISDR-IATF meeting
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