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Three European countries among the top ten deadliest disasters of 2006	29 Jan 2007	Press release
ISDR Highlights January 07 Highlights this month include the first consultative meeting of a Media Network for disaster risk reduction, the release of disaster figures for 2006, and the results of an international symposium assessing progress on the Hyogo Framework two years after the World Conference on Disaster Reduction.	31 Jan 2007	Newsletter
Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action will help reduce the risk of disasters and climate change	7 Feb 2007	Press release
An online game to teach children how to save lives and livelihoods	1 Mar 2007	Press release
Madagascar cyclones: UNISDR calls for effective action to face extreme weather events	1 Apr 2007	Press release
UNISDR calls for urgent action to reduce vulnerability to climate change	6 Apr 2007	Press release
Building regional partnerships for reducing disaster risk in Middle East and North Africa	17 Apr 2007	Press release
First session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction: "Our vulnerability to disasters has never been so high," says USG for Humanitarian Affairs	5 Jun 2007	Press release
World experts unite to confront growing risks of disasters	7 Jun 2007	Press release
Floods in Asia and heat waves in Central and South Europe	26 Jun 2007	Press release
ISDR urges every country to implement the Hyogo Framwork for Action to reduce climate-related risks: disaster risk reduction is not an option - it is an urgent priority	10 Aug 2007	Press release
Early warning systems do save lives	21 Aug 2007	Press release
2007 UN Sasakawa Award selects two Laureates dedicated to communicating lessons of past disasters Professor Yoshiaki Kawata from the Disaster Prevention Research Institute in Japan, and Tony Gibbs, a highly respected Caribbean engineer in building safety, have been selected as the two 2007 Sasakawa Laureates.	5 Oct 2007	Press release
Interview with Tony Gibbs: 'The most expensive hospital is the one that fails' The UN Sasakawa Award Jury has selected Tony Gibbs, a national of Grenada and Barbados currently working with the Pan American Health Organization (World Health Organization in the Americas) on hospital safety, as one of its two 2007 Sasakawa Award Laureates.	10 Oct 2007	News briefs
Interview with Yoshiaki Kawata: 'The Kobe Earthquake museum houses the living memory of what should never happen again.' Professor Kawata, a prominent professor in the field of disaster risk reduction at Kyoto University, was awarded for his promotion of research and knowledge about past disasters. In particular he has highlighted the bitter lessons learned from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake (the Kobe Earthquake)...	10 Oct 2007	News briefs
International Day for Disaster Reduction: too many children still threatened by natural hazards	10 Oct 2007	Press release
Kobe City (Hyogo Prefecture) at center of growing international focus on disaster risk reduction	14 Oct 2007	Press release
Increasing impact of disasters such as wildfires shows urgent need for better urban planning	29 Oct 2007	Press release
We need to do better to protect vulnerable people against "predictable" disasters	2 Nov 2007	Press release
Prevention Web: a new tool to increase knowledge on disaster risk reduction	13 Nov 2007	Press release
UNISDR urges governments at Bali climate change conference to promote adaptation and disaster risk reduction	23 Nov 2007	Press release
Asia continues to be hit hardest by disasters	18 Jan 2008	Press release
Campaign launched on Hospitals Safe from Disasters: "The most expensive hospital is the one that fails"	24 Jan 2008	Press release
China's freak snowstorms: the new normal?	6 Feb 2008	Press release
Central Asia threatened by floods after severe cold weather	28 Feb 2008	Press release
Message on the occasion of International Women’s Day The crucial role of women in development has long been very clear to the ISDR secretariat, and it is my pleasure on this day to reaffirm the secretariat’s commitment to achieving gender equality in disaster risk reduction.	8 Mar 2008	Statements & speeches
Tackling drought essential for food crisis solution	25 Apr 2008	Press release
Early warning systems can save lives when cyclones strike	6 May 2008	Press release
Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes	16 May 2008	Press release
Disasters trap the poor in a vicous circle of poverty	16 Sep 2008	Press release

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Three European countries among the top ten deadliest disasters of 2006

ISDR Highlights January 07

Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action will help reduce the risk of disasters and climate change

An online game to teach children how to save lives and livelihoods

Madagascar cyclones: UNISDR calls for effective action to face extreme weather events

UNISDR calls for urgent action to reduce vulnerability to climate change

Building regional partnerships for reducing disaster risk in Middle East and North Africa

First session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction: "Our vulnerability to disasters has never been so high," says USG for Humanitarian Affairs

World experts unite to confront growing risks of disasters

Floods in Asia and heat waves in Central and South Europe

ISDR urges every country to implement the Hyogo Framwork for Action to reduce climate-related risks: disaster risk reduction is not an option - it is an urgent priority

Early warning systems do save lives

2007 UN Sasakawa Award selects two Laureates dedicated to communicating lessons of past disasters

Interview with Tony Gibbs: 'The most expensive hospital is the one that fails'

Interview with Yoshiaki Kawata: 'The Kobe Earthquake museum houses the living memory of what should never happen again.'

International Day for Disaster Reduction: too many children still threatened by natural hazards

Kobe City (Hyogo Prefecture) at center of growing international focus on disaster risk reduction

Increasing impact of disasters such as wildfires shows urgent need for better urban planning

We need to do better to protect vulnerable people against "predictable" disasters

Prevention Web: a new tool to increase knowledge on disaster risk reduction

UNISDR urges governments at Bali climate change conference to promote adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Asia continues to be hit hardest by disasters

Campaign launched on Hospitals Safe from Disasters: "The most expensive hospital is the one that fails"

China's freak snowstorms: the new normal?

Central Asia threatened by floods after severe cold weather

Message on the occasion of International Women’s Day

Tackling drought essential for food crisis solution

Early warning systems can save lives when cyclones strike

Poorly constructed buildings kill people during earthquakes

Disasters trap the poor in a vicous circle of poverty

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