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UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States is looking for a consultant "on-site" with expertise in information management and advocacy actions.UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States is looking for a consultant "on-site" with expertise in information management and advocacy actions. this assignment is based in UNISDR Cairo office with focus on strengthening information management on disaster risk reduction trends, news, contacts and developments in the Arab Region. |
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![]() Luxembourg and UNISDR sign cooperation agreementThe UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, and Luxembourg’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Marie-Josée Jacobs, today signed a four-year Cooperation Agreement. |
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![]() France Gets Tsunami ReadyTsunamis may be rare events along the French coasts but they do occur. The French tsunami alert centre, CENALT, has already provided more than 24 tsunami information alerts and issued 3 tsunamis advisory warning messages since the beginning of its operations in 2012. |
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12th Civil Defence World Conference - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
25 Jun 2001 | Statements & speeches |
UN panel discussion on "Natural disasters, preparedness and response" - statement by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
11 Jul 2001 | Statements & speeches |
ECOSOC: Implementation of ISDR - statement by Kenzo Oshima, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs |
25 Jul 2001 | Statements & speeches |
2001 UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction ceremony - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDRMr. Goldammer, we are pleased to hand over to you, as the representative of the Global Fire Monitoring Centre of Freiburg, Germany, the UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction for the excellent work carried out by GFMC in the field of wildfire reduction, together with a cheque of 50,000 USD which will, hopefully contribute to pursue your efforts of investigation for an increased protection of populations against the impact of disasters. |
10 Oct 2001 | Statements & speeches |
5th session of the Conference to Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
10 Oct 2001 | Statements & speeches |
2nd Asian meeting on the UNISDR - statement by Kenzo Oshima, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs |
24 Jan 2002 | Statements & speeches |
World Meteorological Day: reducing vulnerability to weather and climate extremes - statement by Kenzo Oshima, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs |
22 Mar 2002 | Statements & speeches |
Germany’s Global Fire Monitoring Centre Receives United Nations Sasakawa Award For Disaster ReductionThe United Nations has awarded the United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction to the Global Fire Monitoring Centre (GFMC), Fire Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Freiburg University, Germany, for its outstanding work in the field of wildfire prevention. |
7 Oct 2002 | News briefs |
Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
16 Jan 2003 | Statements & speeches |
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction celebrates World Water Day 2003 |
22 Mar 2003 | Press release |
Information Note: October 2002-March 2003Summary of the work of UNISDR secretariat in its mandated areas between October 2002 and March 2003. |
1 May 2003 | News briefs |
Heat wave in Europe in 2003: new data shows Italy as the most affected country |
15 Sep 2003 | Press release |
International Day for Disaster Reduction turns the tide on water-related disasters |
8 Oct 2003 | Press release |
2003 UN Sasakawa Award recognizes global efforts in disaster reductionMs. Esther Tadzong of the Global Centre for Compliance, Hazard and Disaster Management in Cameroon is the 2003 UN Sasakawa Laureate for Disaster Reduction for her efforts in raising awareness and promoting community involvement in preparing for imminent disasters. |
8 Oct 2003 | Press release |
Information Note: April-October 2003Summary of the work of UNISDR secretariat in its mandated areas between April and October 2003. |
3 Nov 2003 | News briefs |
Japan to host World Conference on Disaster Reduction |
11 Dec 2003 | Press release |
Can we avoid another Bam tragedy in the future? |
9 Jan 2004 | Press release |
UNDP launch of Global Report "Reducing disaster risk" - speech by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
3 Feb 2004 | Statements & speeches |
Living with floods: UN guidelines offer decision-makers hope to reduce flood losses |
22 Mar 2004 | Press release |
Public forum on catastrophic floods - statement by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
23 Mar 2004 | Statements & speeches |
Integrating disaster risk reduction into development: a challenge for the future |
4 Apr 2004 | Press release |
Information Note: November 2003-April 2004Summary of the work of UNISDR secretariat in its mandated areas from November 2003-April 2004. |
3 May 2004 | News briefs |
20th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - address by Salvano Briceno, Director, UNISDR |
16 Jun 2004 | Statements & speeches |
Living with risk: a hundred positive examples of how people are making the world safer |
14 Jul 2004 | Press release |
Cuba: a model in hurricane risk management |
1 Sep 2004 | Press release |
UNESCO International Conference on Education - address by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
9 Sep 2004 | Statements & speeches |
254 million people affected by natural hazards in 2003: figures on the rise |
16 Sep 2004 | Press release |

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