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Saving
lives: What are we waiting for?
Salvano Briceño, Geneva
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Internationally
renowned aerial photographer, Yann Arthus Bertrand,
joins forces with the ISDR to promote disaster risk
reduction |
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British
schoolgirl hero meets President Clinton:
“All children should know what a tsunami
is… and how to react ” says Tilly Smith |
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Leaders
of Indonesia's Simeulue community received a prestigious
U.N. award |
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12
October 2005
The International Day For Disaster Reduction
Invest more to prevent disasters |
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Mongolian
official wins UN Sasakawa award for work on dzud or
'white death' |
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UN
agencies coordinate natural disaster recovery operations
First
Steering Committee Meeting of the International Recovery
Platform (IRP) at ILO headquarters |
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First
Workshop on Disaster Reduction Technology |
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G8
Response to the Indian Ocean Disaster, and Future Action
on Disaster Risk Reduction |
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OECD
countries agree on steps to reduce earthquake risks
for schoolchildren |
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Programme
on Educational Building (OECD) - Paris, 21st July 2005 |
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" We
cannot let this year pass without some real progress
on disaster reduction" Bill Clinton |
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Annan
issues report on strengthening global, regional response
in tsunami's wake |
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Heat
wave in Europe in 2003,
new data shows Italia as the most affected country |
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UN
reports rapid progress on Indian Ocean tsunami early
warning system
Sálvano
Briceño |
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Union
of the Comoros
United Nations Agencies Work Together to
Reduce the Impact of a Volcanic Eruption |
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Early Warning System in the Indian Ocean
“ We are moving ahead,” says Salvano Briceño |
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Heightened
awareness allows effective evacuations following
Sumatra earthquake |
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International
women's day
On the occasion
of the International women's day, Salvano Briceño,
Director of the ISDR Secretariat (Geneva) gave a speech at
the Commission on the Statuts of Women, New York to recall
how gender equality is important in Disaster Risk Reduction |
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Environmental
programmes need to integrate risk reduction initiatives,
says director of ISDR |
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Kobe:
A good start for a new approach to Disaster Reduction
Policies |
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10
preliminary lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami
of 26 December 2004 |
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Two
Extra Sessions on Tsunamis at Kobe |
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UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change
ISDR programme will be for the first
time included in the talks |
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Almost
one year after the Bam earthquake that killed 26,000
people, experts on disaster risk management gathered
in Teheran to discuss how to reduce seismic risk. |
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Making
schools safe against earthquakes: The Government
of British Columbia is showing the way
Salvano Briceno, Director of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
of the United Nations (UN/ISDR) |
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Living
with harmony
with nature
Julio Kuroiwa, is a professor
emeritus of the National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru. 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” |
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Haiti
Hurricane Jeanne
Cousteau’s foresight |
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What
We Learn From Deadly Quakes
Sálvano
Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR (2004)
Published in National Geographic Magazine, September 2004
http://www.nationalgeographic.com |
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Communication
A key word for Disaster reduction
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.
We asked him a few questions regarding the importance of communication in disaster
reduction, a topic that will be discussed at the World Conference on Disaster
Reduction in Kobe next January. |
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Locusts
The disaster could have been mitigated
Alhasanne Adama Diallo,
director of the Regional center of AGRYMET, Specialized
hydrometeorological Institute
of the Permanent Intersate Committee for drought control
in the Sahel (CILSS) gives his point of view on the
situation. |
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Cornwall, Florida, France and Cuba
Disaster risk reduction: on the rise on political agendas |
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When a hurricane threatens; Cuba mobilizes
Michael
Delaney and Martha Thompson of Oxfam America and Oscar
Andrade
from Oxfam America in Central America
present their views on how Cuba prepared itself to
face Hurricane Charley.
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Asia floods a wake up call
29 Jul 2004
Sálvano Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR
This article is published in AlertNews Reuters |
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Building disaster resilient communities:
The road to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction
Sálvano Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR (2004)
Published in Natural Resources Forum
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0165-0203&site=1
Blackwell Publishing, 2004
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Global challenges in disaster reduction
Sálvano Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR (2003)
Published in The Australian Journal of Emergency Management
http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emaInternet.nsf/HeadingPagesDisplay/AJEM?OpenDocument
Emergency Management Australia, Vol. 19 No 1. March 2004
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Risk
management of water-related hazards
UN/ISDR (2004)
Published in WMO Bulletin, World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
Vol.
53 No. 1 January 2004 |
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The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and drought
La stratégie internationale pour la prévention
des catastrophes et la sécheresse
La Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de
los Desastres y la sequía
UN/ISDR (2003)
Published in United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Information CD, UNCCD/Entico http://www.unccd.entico.com
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The impact of natural disasters on the biodiversity
of small island developing states
Sálvano Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR (2003)
Published in the International Journal of Island Affairs
(INSULA), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx
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Why a stitch in time can be a hard sell: Fostering
a culture of disaster reduction
UN/ISDR (2003)
Published in Freshwater Futures, Tudor Rose
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Information systems and disaster risk reduction
UN/ISDR (2003)
Contribution to the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS)
weblink to http://www.itu.int/wsis/
10-12 December
2003
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Disasters, risk and vulnerability in SIDS
Sálvano Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR (2003)
Contribution to the Caribbean/Latin America Disaster Readiness
Manual
June 2004
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Managing risks through early warning systems
UN/ISDR (2003)
Contribution to Jamaica's Office of Disaster Preparedness
and Emergency Management's
http://www.odpem.org.jm/
Disaster Preparedness Month, June 2003 |
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The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and
sustainable development: Public awareness, education and
capacity building for the future
UN/ISDR (2003)
Published in Regional Development Dialogue, United Nations
Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
http://www.uncrd.or.jp/
Vol. 24 Spring 2003 |
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Women,
disaster reduction and sustainable development
UN/ISDR (2003)
Published in WMO Bulletin, World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
weblink
to http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
Vol. 52 No. 2
April 2003
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