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Early warning system in the Indian Ocean: one of the main achievements, six months after the tsunami tragedy	22 Jun 2005	Press release
ISDR joins Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to boost information and education on disasters	10 Jun 2005	Press release
International Year of Microcredit: an opportunity to explore the impact of micro finance on disaster reduction	26 May 2005	Press release
Meeting in Mauritius for a tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean	12 Apr 2005	Press release
Heightened awareness allows effective evacuations following Sumatra earthquake	29 Mar 2005	Press release
Disaster risk reduction essential for sustainable development	22 Mar 2005	Press release
Paris meeting commits to development of Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system	11 Mar 2005	Press release
International Women's Day high level panel - statement by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR	8 Mar 2005	Statements & speeches
Meeting in Paris to plan tsunami early warning system	1 Mar 2005	Press release
Tsunami: a technical seminar in Tokyo before Paris	18 Feb 2005	Press release
26 December tsunami provokes high jump in disaster death figures	17 Feb 2005	Press release
World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18 – 22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 阪神淡路大震災から10年たった兵庫県神戸市で、1月18日から22日まで「国連防災世界会議(WCDR)」が開かれました。 Through its resolution A/RES/58/214, the United Nations General Assembly convened a World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to be held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005.	1 Feb 2005	News briefs
UN conference on disaster reduction concludes; adopts plan of action for next ten years	22 Jan 2005	Press release
Nations call for safer hospitals and schools to prepare for disasters	21 Jan 2005	Press release
UN to coordinate Early Warning System for Indian Ocean	20 Jan 2005	Press release
Know risk or no risk? UN launches guide on disaster risk reduction	19 Jan 2005	Press release
Global Early Warning System launched at conference on disaster reduction	19 Jan 2005	Press release
World Conference on Disaster Reduction opens in Kobe	18 Jan 2005	Press release
Remembering Kobe: ten years later	17 Jan 2005	Press release
Interview with Jose Rubiera, meteorologist from Cuba Jose Rubiera is the director of the Centro Nacional de pronosticos del Instituto de Meteorologia de Cuba and the weather forecaster for the main Cuban TV channel. UNISDR asked him a few questions about the importance of communication in disaster reduction, a topic that will be discussed at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe next January.	10 Jan 2005	News briefs
10 preliminary lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004	7 Jan 2005	Press release
UN join forces to implement early warning systems in tsunami-ravaged countries	29 Dec 2004	Press release
Interview with Julio Kuroiwa, scientific advisor and author Julio Kuroiwa, is a professor emeritus of the National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru. He has been a consulting engineer for 35 years, and is the author of 100 papers on natural and technological disasters. He has written four books on disaster prevention and risk reduction. In 1990, his contributions were recognized when he was awarded the United Nations Sasakawa Award for disaster reduction. We asked him a few questions while he was visiting Geneva to present a new English version of his book “Disaster reduction: Living in harmony with nature”.	27 Dec 2004	News briefs
Indian Ocean countries unprepared for ten metre "walls of water" that wiped out coastal communities following Asia earthquake	27 Dec 2004	Press release
Bam: one year after - a lesson learned on building reinforcement	20 Dec 2004	Press release
Disaster reduction on the agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires	3 Dec 2004	Press release
The Philippines: yet another tragedy due to environmental degradation	1 Dec 2004	Press release
Regional consultative meeting aims at reducing risk in Central Asia	1 Dec 2004	Press release
Information Note: May-October 2004 Summary of the work of UNISDR secretariat in its mandated areas for the period May-October 2004.	1 Nov 2004	News briefs
Natural disasters: rich countries also pay their toll	26 Oct 2004	Press release

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Early warning system in the Indian Ocean: one of the main achievements, six months after the tsunami tragedy

ISDR joins Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to boost information and education on disasters

International Year of Microcredit: an opportunity to explore the impact of micro finance on disaster reduction

Meeting in Mauritius for a tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean

Heightened awareness allows effective evacuations following Sumatra earthquake

Disaster risk reduction essential for sustainable development

Paris meeting commits to development of Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system

International Women's Day high level panel - statement by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR

Meeting in Paris to plan tsunami early warning system

Tsunami: a technical seminar in Tokyo before Paris

26 December tsunami provokes high jump in disaster death figures

World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18 – 22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

UN conference on disaster reduction concludes; adopts plan of action for next ten years

Nations call for safer hospitals and schools to prepare for disasters

UN to coordinate Early Warning System for Indian Ocean

Know risk or no risk? UN launches guide on disaster risk reduction

Global Early Warning System launched at conference on disaster reduction

World Conference on Disaster Reduction opens in Kobe

Remembering Kobe: ten years later

Interview with Jose Rubiera, meteorologist from Cuba

10 preliminary lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004

UN join forces to implement early warning systems in tsunami-ravaged countries

Interview with Julio Kuroiwa, scientific advisor and author

Indian Ocean countries unprepared for ten metre "walls of water" that wiped out coastal communities following Asia earthquake

Bam: one year after - a lesson learned on building reinforcement

Disaster reduction on the agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires

The Philippines: yet another tragedy due to environmental degradation

Regional consultative meeting aims at reducing risk in Central Asia

Information Note: May-October 2004

Natural disasters: rich countries also pay their toll

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