UN Resolutions and Reports

Disaster Risk Reduction is a global issue

UNISDR and reducing disaster risk is supported by the UN General Assembly Resolutions and the UN Secretary-General Report on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

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On this page, you will find the following key UN resolutions and reports related to UNISDR:

UN Secretary-General Reports
UN General Assembly Resolutions - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UN General Assembly Resolutions - International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Nino phenomenon
UN General Assembly Resolutions - Natural disasters and vulnerability

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The Geneva Mandate on Disaster Reduction

The founding document and principles of UNISDR.
An extract of UN Secretary-General Report A/54/132E/1999/80 - [AR] [CH] [EN] [FR] [RU] [SP]

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Secretary-General Report

Year	Title	Symbol
2012	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/67/335
2011	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/66/301
2010	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/65/388
2009	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/64/280
2008	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/63/351
2007	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/62/320
2006	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Corrigendum [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/61/229/CORR.1
2006	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/61/229
2005	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/60/180
2004	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/59/228
2003	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/58/277
2002	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/57/190
2001	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction: corrigendum [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/56/68/CORR.1-E/2001/63/
2001	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/56/68-E/2001/63

GA Resolution - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Year	Title	Symbol
2012	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/67/209
2011	International Strategy For Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/66/199
2010	International Strategy For Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/65/157
2009	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/64/200
2008	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/63/216
2007	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/62/192
2006	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/61/198
2005	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/60/195
2004	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/59/231
2003	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/58/214
2002	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/57/256
2001	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/56/195
1999	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: successor arrangements [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/54/219

GA Resolution - Reducing the impact of El Niño phenomenon

Year	Title	Symbol
2011	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/65/158
2008	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/63/215
2006	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/61/199
2004	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/59/232
2003	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/57/255
2002	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/57/189
2002	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/56/194
2001	Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council [2000/33: International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, pp. 62] [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	E/2000/99(SUPP)
2001	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/56/76-E/2001/54
2001	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/55/197
2000	Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic And Social Council at its substantive session of 2000, 5-28 July 2000 [2000/33: International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, pp. 73] [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	E/2000/INF/2/ADD.2
2000	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/55/99-E/2000/86
2000	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/54/220
1999	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/54/135- E/1999/88
1998	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/53/487
1998	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/52/200
1998	International cooperation to reduce the impact of El Niño phenomenon [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/53/185

GA Resolution - Natural Disasters and Vulnerability

Year	Title	Symbol
2008	Natural disasters and vulnerability [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/63/217
2006	Natural disasters and vulnerability [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/61/200
2005	Natural disasters and vulnerability [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/60/196
2004	Natural disasters and vulnerability [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/59/233
2003	Natural disasters and vulnerability [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/RES/58/215
2003	Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its fifty-seventh session: Volume II, Decisions, 10 September-20 December 2002 [A/57/547 Natural disasters and vulnerability] [ar] [ch] [en] [fr] [ru] [sp]	A/57/49(VOL.II)(SUPP)