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 SPECIAL EDITION:
 Announcement of the
 2003 UN Sasakawa
 Award for Disaster
 Reduction
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December 2003

As this will be the last issue of ISDR Highlights until 2004, the ISDR Secretariat would like to take this opportunity to wish all ISDR partners and friends a safe and enjoyable holiday and all the best for the New Year. See you in 2004!

Disaster reduction and the World Summit on the Information Society
UN/ISDR has prepared a background paper contributing to the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to be held in Geneva (10-12 December 2003) entitled Information Systems and Disaster Risk Reduction.
To download the background paper, please refer to http://www.unisdr.org
For further information on the WSIS, please refer to http://www.itu.int/wsis/

Disaster reduction input to the COP-9
At the ninth session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP-9) in Milan, Italy, UN/ISDR made a statement concerning the linkages between the disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas.
To download the statement, please refer to http://www.unisdr.org
For further information on COP-9, please refer to http://unfccc.int/cop9/index.html

8th Meeting of the IATF-DR
The 8th meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction (IATF/DR) was held 5-6 November 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland. Key recommendations of the meeting included development of more national platforms for disaster reduction; strengthened regional cooperation in Africa; and advancement of preparations for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction to be held in Kobe-Hyogo in January 2005.
All documentation related to the meeting is available at
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/task%20force/tf-meeting-8th-eng.htm

6th International Congress on Disasters
Organized by the Cuban Civil Defense and sponsored by many national and international institutions and organizations (including UN/ISDR, UNDP, PAHO, Save the Children and Association for Caribbean States), the Congress gathered approximately 300 participants from over 26 countries to share experiences on different topics related to disaster management.
Further information related to the Congress is available at
http://www.loseventos.cu/desastres2003

Inter-agency cooperation for volcanic risk reduction Goma/North Kivu Area,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNDP, UN/ISDR and OCHA have joined forces to implement a project on volcanic risk reduction, aimed at determining progress, capacities and needs. Funds are currently being sought to support the project, which offers a unique opportunity for the three UN agencies responsible for specific aspects of disaster management to collaborate and integrate disaster reduction issues into an overall strategy that addresses conflict resolution and peace building.
For more information about the project please contact jennifer.worrell@undp.org or abchir@un.org

DR+CC Infolink Issue 2
Issue 2 of the Disaster Reduction + Climate Change (DR+CC) Infolink is now available on-line at http://www.unisdr.org

ISDR Informs LAC on-line
The electronic version of the latest ISDR Informs for Latin America and the Caribbean is now available on-line at http://www.eird.org

Have YOU seen the new ISDR website?
The ISDR website has undergone reconstruction over the past few months, with more changes due to be added in the near future. Take a look at our website and send us your comments and feedback!
http://www.unisdr.org

Revamped CRID website
The Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CRID) has revamped its website and offers user-friendly access to a variety of information in English and Spanish.
Visit http://www.crid.or.cr to see for yourself.

New publications on disaster risk reduction
Two new publications on the subject of disaster risk reduction are now available:

Correction: Radio soap opera
Please note that in November's issue of ISDR Highlights, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC) should have appeared as UN/ISDR partners to produce the new radio soap opera Réplicas en el Corazon ('Tremors in my heart').
http://www.eird.org/esp/radionovela/2004/radionovela2004.htm

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