DISASTER REDUCTION
February 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction, in Japan, has agreed a "Hyogo Framework for Action: 2005 - 2015," which calls on governments to put disaster risk management at the centre of their national policies and for rich states to help improve disaster preparedness in poor countries. *http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/
A UNITED Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction, in Japan, has agreed a "Hyogo Framework for Action: 2005 - 2015," which calls on governments to put disaster risk management at the centre of their national policies and for rich states to help improve disaster preparedness in poor countries. *http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/
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