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Bam: one year after - a lesson learned on building reinforcement	20 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
UN join forces to implement early warning systems in tsunami-ravaged countries	29 Dec 2004	Press release
10 preliminary lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004	7 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
Remembering Kobe: ten years later	17 Jan 2005	Press release
World Conference on Disaster Reduction opens in Kobe	18 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
UN to coordinate Early Warning System for Indian Ocean	20 Jan 2005	Press release
Nations call for safer hospitals and schools to prepare for disasters	21 Jan 2005	Press release
UN conference on disaster reduction concludes; adopts plan of action for next ten years	22 Jan 2005	Press release
26 December tsunami provokes high jump in disaster death figures	17 Feb 2005	Press release
Tsunami: a technical seminar in Tokyo before Paris	18 Feb 2005	Press release
Meeting in Paris to plan tsunami early warning system	1 Mar 2005	Press release
Paris meeting commits to development of Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system	11 Mar 2005	Press release
Disaster risk reduction essential for sustainable development	22 Mar 2005	Press release
Heightened awareness allows effective evacuations following Sumatra earthquake	29 Mar 2005	Press release
Meeting in Mauritius for a tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean	12 Apr 2005	Press release
International Year of Microcredit: an opportunity to explore the impact of micro finance on disaster reduction	26 May 2005	Press release
ISDR joins Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to boost information and education on disasters	10 Jun 2005	Press release
Early warning system in the Indian Ocean: one of the main achievements, six months after the tsunami tragedy	22 Jun 2005	Press release
G8 calls for more effective strategy to reduce disasters worldwide	11 Jul 2005	Press release
Annan issues report on strengthening global, regional response in tsunami's wake UN News Service. Ahead of tomorrow's address to the Economic and Social Council by former United States President Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy overseeing recovery efforts from December's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has issued his recommendations on how national, global and regional responses to natural disasters can be improved.	13 Jul 2005	News briefs
Hurricane season: "Preparation is key," says Salvano Briceño from ISDR	19 Jul 2005	Press release
Third international warning conference to be held in Bonn next Month	26 Jul 2005	Press release
Indian monsoon in Mumbai: landslides were the main killers	29 Jul 2005	Press release
Fires in Portugal: "There is a need for stronger cooperation between countries."	23 Aug 2005	Press release
Floods in Switzerland and Central Europe: "We should never forget that we are all vulnerable to natural hazards."	24 Aug 2005	Press release

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jose Rubiera, meteorologist from Cuba

Remembering Kobe: ten years later

World Conference on Disaster Reduction opens in Kobe

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

Global Early Warning System launched at conference on disaster reduction

UN to coordinate Early Warning System for Indian Ocean

Nations call for safer hospitals and schools to prepare for disasters

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

26 December tsunami provokes high jump in disaster death figures

Tsunami: a technical seminar in Tokyo before Paris

Meeting in Paris to plan tsunami early warning system

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

Disaster risk reduction essential for sustainable development

Heightened awareness allows effective evacuations following Sumatra earthquake

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

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

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

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

G8 calls for more effective strategy to reduce disasters worldwide

Annan issues report on strengthening global, regional response in tsunami's wake

Hurricane season: "Preparation is key," says Salvano Briceño from ISDR

Third international warning conference to be held in Bonn next Month

Indian monsoon in Mumbai: landslides were the main killers

Fires in Portugal: "There is a need for stronger cooperation between countries."

Floods in Switzerland and Central Europe: "We should never forget that we are all vulnerable to natural hazards."

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