ECOSOC: Implementation of ISDR - statement by Kenzo Oshima, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

Our experiences of the past two years have also clearly demonstrated the need to maintain an effective focal point for the coordination of strategies and programmes of disaster reduction and to ensure synergy between disaster reduction strategies and those in the social, economic, environmental and humanitarian fields.

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Date:

25 Jul 2001

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

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