Sixth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Government of Thailand

 

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

Mon, 23 Jun - Thu, 26 Jun 2014

The Sixth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, hosted by the Royal Government of Thailand will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 22-26 June 2014 . The Conference will be a venue for countries, organizations and individual practitioners to meet and discuss the way forward in reducing disaster risk in the region. It will also be the final regional inter-governmental meeting in Asia before the completion of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-15 and the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015. This Asian Ministerial Conference will provide a unique opportunity for Asian disaster risk reduction organizations and practitioners to shape the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction to be considered the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and its Preparatory Committee meetings.

Outcomes

1. A Declaration on disaster risk reduction and HFA implementation 2014-2015, supported by stakeholder statements of commitment.

2. Formal inputs by the region on the draft post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction document.

3. Proposal for engaging with stakeholders for the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and obtaining commitments for implementation.

4. Compilation of sound practices in Asia and the Pacific on how to do DRR, especially to address the issues brought up in the consultations as the region’s contribution to World Conference and to shape up the implementation of the new framework.

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