Statements and messages

Mami_IDDRR
90% of climate-related deaths occur in poorer countries. Even in wealthier countries, the majority of disaster victims are the poorest and those already facing social and economic inequality.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
IDDRR card 2023
Fighting inequality is the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction let us reaffirm our commitment to investing in resilience, adaptation, and building a safe and just future.
United Nations - Headquarters
Head of UNDRR Mami Mizutori for IDDRR 2022
On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022, Head of UNDRR Mami Mizutori calls on all countries to implement Target G of the Sendai Framework to increase access to multi-hazard early warning systems and risk information.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
António Guterres UN Secretary-General
Early warning systems – and the ability to act on them – are proven life-savers.
United Nations - Headquarters
Mami Mizutori and Petteri Taalas
This new Centre of Excellence will concentrate minds on what extreme weather and other natural hazards means for daily life on planet Earth for the foreseeable future and spur efforts to adapt and cope with that reality.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Portrait of Asako Okai
If the COVID-19 crisis has taught us anything, it’s that we need to work together if we are to overcome shared challenges.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in front of the UN flag and national flags
To meet the cascading challenges of the 21st century and safeguard the lives, health and livelihoods of all people, we must reduce systemic risks.
United Nations - Headquarters
Group of hands on top of each other
It has become very clear over the last twelve months that international cooperation to developing countries is not keeping pace with the rise in extreme weather events and the tragic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Human rights
Pandemic must serve as a wake-up call on human rights says SRSG
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
WIN DRR group resized
Statement by Mami Mizutori, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction for International Women’s Day Today is a day to celebrate women who have truly made a difference in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic which has
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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