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New GARD trainings launched in Medan and Banda Aceh SINGAPORE, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Indonesian government, Deutsche Post DHL and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 21 November launched a four-day "Get Airports Ready for Disaster...

By Brigitte Leoni BANGKOK, 10 April 2013 - Five years after Cyclone Nargis claimed over 138,000 lives, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is joining forces with the media in Myanmar to highlight the lessons learned as the anniversary of the tragedy...

Press Release – Secretariat of the Pacific Community Suva, Fiji The Pacifics largest and most comprehensive information management resource on disaster risk management and national sustainable development has commenced daily email updates in the wake...

Helping Latin Americans overcome economic pressures and natural disasters requires fresh efforts to build a more skilled labor force and widen social safety nets, said a top U.N official for the region, where poverty is ticking up again. Ending gender...

(UNDP , Hargeisa, Somaliland)- Resolution on Climate Change Adaptation to Build Development and Humanitarian Nexus and Disasters Risk Reduction Recognizing that climate change has serious implications on society, natural resources and economic and human...