Disaster
reduction in Africa: the next challenges
(African
Union/NEPAD Secretariat) – Information
and discussion
Progress Report of UN/ISDR Africa
Afternoon session 14.30-17.30
5.
Preparations for the Second World Conference
on Disaster Reduction:
a. Preparatory process leading to the Second World
Conference on Disaster Reduction
(tentatively 18-22 January 2005, Kobe-Hyogo) – Information
and discussion
c. Reporting on other related national, regional,
and global activities – Information
(briefing from Task Force members and Secretariat)
Declaration of Madrid
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Euro-Mediterranean
Forum on Disaster Reduction
(Madrid, 6-8 October 2003)
d. Development of a “Framework
for disaster risk reduction for guidance and monitoring” (UNDP/ISDR) – Information
and discussion
18:00
Cocktail
Thursday
6 November 2003
6.
Reports
by Working Groups
General discussion, questions and answers
Working
Group 1: Climate and Disasters
Working
Group 2: Early Warning
Working
Group 3: Risk, Vulnerability and Impact Assessment
Working
Group 4: Wildland Fires
7.
Discussion and adoption of IATF work programme 2004
Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction
Afternoon
session 14:30-15:30
8.
Any other business
9.
Date of the eighth meeting
10.
Concluding remarks from the Chair
Additional
documents
Summary
of content drawn from statements presented by Member
States in response to the Report 58/277
on the Implementation of ISDR, during the Second Committee, agenda item 94 on environment and sustainable development
during the General Assembly’s 58th Session
(16 October 2003)
World
Summit on Sustainable Development
Follow-Up Actions to The Outcome Of The
Plan Of Implementation In Relation To Disaster Reduction
Activities Report
On the Collaboration Agreement between the International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction of
the United Nations and the Directorate
General Joint Research Center of the European Commission
5 – 6 November, 2003