Regional Office for Asia-Pacific

UNISDR welcomes India's new National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed yesterday's inauguration by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, of the country's National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which brings to 86, the number of such platforms around the world. These National Platforms provide important support to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, the global agreement on reducing disaster losses.

Asian Film Festival for the 5th AMCDRR

As part of the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) that will be held in Jogyakarta, Indonesia from 22 to 25 October, UNISDR and BNPB (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana/Indonesa Disaster Management Agency) are organizing a Disaster Risk Reduction film festival.

Deadline: 15 September 2012

More on the film festival and the 5th AMCDRR

About our office

The UNISDR Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific covers 27 countries and 16 territories. It has sub-regional offices in Suva, Fiji for the Pacific and a liaison office in Kobe, Japan.

Activities/Initiatives

Our regional office engages in the following tasks and activities to support international efforts for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and HFA implementation.