International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

A/RES/57/256View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87b International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2003.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 2002–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/204

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/204	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	2,231	23%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/219	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	1,536	30%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/211	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	2,394	28%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/209	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	1,260	17%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/199	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	612	14%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

10 reports · 2004–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/230	Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/204
2011	A/66/301	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/157
2010	A/65/388	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/200
2009	A/64/280	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/216
2008	A/63/351	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/61/198A/RES/62/192

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Consultations Disaster Preparedness Disaster Prevention Financial Resources Human Resources Inter-Agency Cooperation International Financial Institutions Natural Disasters Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Report Preparation Resources Allocation Scientific Cooperation Technical Cooperation Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction;⁶

⁶A/57/190.

Welcomes the memorandum of understanding signed between the inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the United Nations Development Programme, and encourages the secretariat to pursue the establishment of similar arrangements with other international organizations in order to improve synergies and clarify respective roles;

Requests the Secretary-General, in reporting to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, to provide specific proposals to Member States for the implementation of the actions on this matter agreed to by the World Summit on Sustainable Development in its Plan of Implementation;4

Decides to take a decision on how to conclude the review of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action⁷ at its fifty-eighth session;

⁷A/CONF.172/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.

Requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of the inter-agency secretariat for the Strategy, to plan and coordinate, in consultation with Governments and relevant organizations of the United Nations system, including international financial institutions, the 2004 review of the Yokohama Strategy and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session in this regard;

Also requests the Secretary-General to allocate adequate financial and administrative resources, within existing resources, for the effective functioning of the inter-agency secretariat for the Strategy;

Encourages the international community to provide the necessary financial resources to the Trust Fund for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and to provide the necessary scientific, technical, human and other resources to ensure adequate support for the activities of the inter-agency secretariat for the Strategy and the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction and its working groups;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”.

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