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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
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
Early warning systems do save lives	21 Aug 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
Floods in Asia and heat waves in Central and South Europe	26 Jun 2007	Press release
World experts unite to confront growing risks of disasters	7 Jun 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
Building regional partnerships for reducing disaster risk in Middle East and North Africa	17 Apr 2007	Press release
UNISDR calls for urgent action to reduce vulnerability to climate change	6 Apr 2007	Press release
Madagascar cyclones: UNISDR calls for effective action to face extreme weather events	1 Apr 2007	Press release
An online game to teach children how to save lives and livelihoods	1 Mar 2007	Press release
Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action will help reduce the risk of disasters and climate change	7 Feb 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
Three European countries among the top ten deadliest disasters of 2006	29 Jan 2007	Press release
ISDR urges more climate change action	24 Nov 2006	Press release
More commitment needed to reduce the risk and impact of disasters	10 Oct 2006	Press release
World Bank - ISDR partnership to promote resilience of nations and communities to disasters	3 Oct 2006	Press release
"The world needs to draw the lessons of Hurricane Katrina"	29 Aug 2006	Press release
Education and knowledge can save lives	25 Aug 2006	Press release
Rapid, national, local and community response is key to saving lives during a tsunami	2 Aug 2006	Press release
Global disaster reduction education campaign: "Investing in school safety and disaster risk education pays off"	15 Jun 2006	Press release
Ministerial conference for the least development countries - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR	5 Jun 2006	Statements & speeches
3rd public symposium on post disaster recovery - opening remarks by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR	30 May 2006	Statements & speeches
"Building safety should become a priority in countries vulnerable to natural hazards"	23 May 2006	Press release
Global conference on Preventing Disasters and Minimizing their Consequences at Harvard School of Public Health - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director UNISDR	27 Apr 2006	Statements & speeches
100th anniversary San Francisco: "Too many children are killed in schools when disasters strike"	19 Apr 2006	Press release
Disasters increase by 18 per cent, but death rates drop	30 Jan 2006	Press release
"Governments must accelerate their efforts to make disaster risk reduction a national priority"	18 Jan 2006	Press release

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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

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

Early warning systems do save lives

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

Floods in Asia and heat waves in Central and South Europe

World experts unite to confront growing risks of disasters

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

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

UNISDR calls for urgent action to reduce vulnerability to climate change

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

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

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

ISDR Highlights January 07

Three European countries among the top ten deadliest disasters of 2006

ISDR urges more climate change action

More commitment needed to reduce the risk and impact of disasters

World Bank - ISDR partnership to promote resilience of nations and communities to disasters

"The world needs to draw the lessons of Hurricane Katrina"

Education and knowledge can save lives

Rapid, national, local and community response is key to saving lives during a tsunami

Global disaster reduction education campaign: "Investing in school safety and disaster risk education pays off"

Ministerial conference for the least development countries - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR

3rd public symposium on post disaster recovery - opening remarks by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR

"Building safety should become a priority in countries vulnerable to natural hazards"

Global conference on Preventing Disasters and Minimizing their Consequences at Harvard School of Public Health - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director UNISDR

100th anniversary San Francisco: "Too many children are killed in schools when disasters strike"

Disasters increase by 18 per cent, but death rates drop

"Governments must accelerate their efforts to make disaster risk reduction a national priority"

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