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28 February 2011

Building codes saves lives – main message on anniversary of Chile earthquake and lesson learned from NZ

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28 February 2011

Top bodies for disaster risk reduction and climate change in Philippines are “One Against Risk”

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22 February 2011

UNISDR: Pakistan cannot risk its future, lives of people, by being ill-prepared

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09 February 2011

GA debate stresses need to invest in planning, prevention

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08 February 2011

UN General Assembly to hold first-ever debate on disaster risk reduction

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07 February 2011

The province of Tyrol, Austria, and all its 279 municipalities join the Making Cities Resilient campaign

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02 February 2011

Strengthening climate change adaptation through effective disaster risk reduction

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17 January 2011

Campaign cities and partners urged to nominate candidates for the UN-Sasakawa award

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17 January 2011

Governments need to create options for people, says UN’s top disaster official

11 January 2011

International support for Haiti’s meteorological services proved critical to minimize hurricane impact

10 January 2011

South East Asia: preparedness pays off

29 December 2010

Australia floods demonstrate rising cost of damage in the face of “new normal”

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