Natural Disasters and Vulnerability

A/RES/59/233View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85c International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2004–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/217

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/217	Natural disasters and vulnerability	1,572	81%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/200	Natural disasters and vulnerability	1,298	68%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/196	Natural disasters and vulnerability	1,274	43%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/233	Natural disasters and vulnerability	1,124	46%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/215	Natural disasters and vulnerability	825	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2004–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/388	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/217
2008	A/63/351	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/61/200
2006	A/61/229	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/196
2004	A/59/228	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/215

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Access to Information Capacity Building Climate Change Coordination Within UN System Developing Countries Disaster Preparedness Disaster Prevention International Cooperation Natural Disasters Risk Assessment Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction,⁵ in particular section II, on natural disasters and vulnerability;

⁵A/59/228.

Urges the international community to continue to address ways and means, including through cooperation and technical assistance, to reduce the adverse effects of natural disasters, including those caused by extreme weather events, in particular in vulnerable developing countries, through the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and encourages the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction to continue its work in this regard;

Stresses the importance for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction to conclude the review of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action,⁶ with a view to updating the guiding framework on disaster reduction for the twenty-first century, and to identify specific activities aimed at ensuring the implementation of relevant provisions of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable DevelopmentError: Reference source not found on vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management, bearing in mind the vital importance of addressing the adverse effects of natural disasters in efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;Error: Reference source not found

⁶A/CONF.172/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.

Emphasizes that the World Conference on Disaster Reduction should, within its mandate as set out in General Assembly resolution 58/214 of 23 December 2003, make concrete recommendations to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities of all countries, in particular developing countries, in relation to disasters, including through the provision of technical and financial assistance, as well as through the strengthening of International Strategy for Disaster Reduction national platforms for disaster reduction or the establishment of institutional mechanisms, including at the regional level, where appropriate;

Encourages Governments, through their respective International Strategy for Disaster Reduction national platforms and national focal points for disaster reduction, in cooperation with the United Nations system and other stakeholders, to strengthen capacity-building in the most vulnerable regions, to enable them to address the socio-economic factors that increase vulnerability, and to develop measures that will enable them to prepare for and cope with natural disasters, including those associated with earthquakes and extreme weather events, and encourages the international community to provide effective assistance to developing countries in this regard;

Also encourages the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction to continue to enhance the coordination of activities to promote disaster reduction and to make available to the relevant United Nations entities information on options for natural disaster reduction, including severe natural hazards and extreme weather-related disasters and vulnerabilities;

Stresses the importance of close cooperation and coordination among Governments, the United Nations system, other organizations, regional organizations, non-governmental organizations and other partners as appropriate, taking into account the need for the development of disaster management strategies, including the effective establishment of early warning systems, where appropriate, while taking advantage of all available resources and expertise for that purpose;

Encourages the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change⁷ and the parties to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change⁸ to continue to address the adverse effects of climate change, especially in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, and also encourages the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to continue to assess the adverse effects of climate change on the socio-economic and natural disaster reduction systems of developing countries;

⁷United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.

⁸FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add.1, decision 1/CP.3, annex.

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution in a separate section of his report on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and decides to consider the issue of natural disasters and vulnerability at that session, under the sub-item entitled “International Strategy for Disaster Reduction” of the item entitled “Sustainable development”.

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