New York Liaison Office

UN backs accountability on disaster losses

The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution containing indicators for measuring global progress in reducing disaster losses.

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

Phone: +1 917 367 8104
Fax: +1 917 367 1578
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www.unisdr.org/newyork

5th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2017.