Cairo, 25 October 2021 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States launched the ARISE Egypt National Network, which is the second National ARISE network...
Cruise ships are steaming back to Caribbean ports, airlines are ramping up flights and the vaccine roll-out is underway but it could still be several years before countries recuperate from the...
DUSHANBE, - On October 14 the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk...
On an early December morning 17 years ago, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake triggered 100-feet high waves that slammed into the coast of Aceh in the northern end of Sumatra Island, Indonesia. The...
October 15, 2021 – UN Agencies deeply regret the shipwreck in Acandí, Colombia, on October 11 of a vessel carrying around 30 people headed to Panama. Colombian authorities reported that three people...
15 de octubre de 2021 – Las agencias de la ONU lamentan profundamente el naufragio de una embarcación el pasado 11 de octubre en Acandí, Colombia, que transportaba a unas 30 personas hacia Panamá. En...
Author: Richard Waddington Women from across Latin America and the Caribbean came together on October 13, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), for the virtual launch of this...
The timing could not be better. The focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October is on a topic which has been pushed to the fore by the debates raging around the...
13 October 2021 -- The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States, organized a commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction this year by...
COVID-19 and extreme weather highlight folly of low investment in disaster prevention GENEVA, 13 October 2021 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction today issues a new report “International...