New York Liaison Office

Students want more DRR education

School students attending a World Tsunami Awareness Day Event in New York have called for more educational programmes on disaster risk reduction from an early age to be better informed to prevent and deal with disasters, At the event, organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Government of Japan, an upgraded version of the educational game Stop Disasters was also launched.

About our office

The New York Liaison Office focuses its efforts on engaging with Member States and other New York based actors to promote disaster risk reduction within the global/UN policy agenda.

Our activities

Our activities range from monitoring key processes and contributing to meetings within the UN system to liaising with representatives of Member States of the UN and specialized agencies in New York.

Our partners

We partner with a variety of NY-based actors and provide them with substantive support on disaster risk reduction.

Speeches and Remarks

A selection of New York-relevant speeches and remarks by the UN Secretary-General and others on disaster risk reduction and resilience

Events

Key disaster risk reduction events for the New York office.

News

UNISDR news from the New York Liaison Office.

Publications

Key publications from New York

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UNISDR New York

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11th Floor (DC2-1149)
10017
New York, United States of America

Phone: +1 212 963 5385
Fax: +1 917 367 1578
isdr-ny@un.org
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VI Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas, Cartagena, Colombia 20-22 June 2018.