Natural Disasters and Vulnerability

A/RES/61/200View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 53c International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2007.

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’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of its resolution 60/196 of 22 December 2005;⁷

⁷A/61/229 and Corr.1.

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, including least developed countries and in Africa, through the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, including the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters,Error: Reference source not found and encourages the institutional arrangement for the International Strategy to continue its work in this regard;

Recognizes that each State has the primary responsibility for its own sustainable development and for taking effective measures to reduce disaster risk, including for the protection of people on its territory, infrastructure and other national assets from the impact of disaster, including the implementation and follow-up of the Hyogo Framework for Action, and stresses the importance of international cooperation and partnerships to support those national efforts;

Stresses the importance of the Hyogo DeclarationError: Reference source not found and the Hyogo Framework for Action and the priorities for action that States, regional and international organizations and international financial institutions as well as other concerned actors should take into consideration in their approach to disaster risk reduction and implement, as appropriate, according to their own circumstances and capacities, bearing in mind the vital importance of promoting a culture of prevention in the area of natural disasters, including through the mobilization of adequate resources for disaster risk reduction, and of addressing disaster risk reduction, including disaster preparedness at the community level, and the adverse effects of natural disasters on efforts to implement national development plans and poverty reduction strategies with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;

Encourages Governments, through their respective International Strategy for Disaster Reduction national platforms and national focal points for disaster risk reduction, in cooperation with the United Nations system, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other stakeholders, to strengthen capacity-building in the most vulnerable regions, to enable them to address the social, economic and environmental 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;

Emphasizes, in order to build resilience, particularly in developing countries, especially those vulnerable among them, the importance of addressing the underlying risk factors identified in the Hyogo Framework for Action and the importance of promoting the integration of risk reduction associated with geological and hydrometeorological hazards in disaster risk reduction programmes;

Stresses that, in order to reduce vulnerability to natural hazards, risk assessments should be integrated into disaster risk reduction programmes at national and local levels;

Encourages the institutional arrangement for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to continue, within its mandate, particularly the Hyogo Framework for Action, to enhance the coordination of activities to promote natural disaster risk reduction and to make available to the relevant United Nations entities information on options for natural disaster risk 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, and other international and regional organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations and other partners such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, as appropriate, taking into account the need for the development of disaster management strategies, including the effective establishment of early warning systems that are, inter alia, people-centred, while taking advantage of all available resources and expertise for that purpose;

Also stresses that, to reduce vulnerability to all natural hazards, including geological and hydrometeorological events and associated natural disasters, closer and more systematic cooperation, and information-sharing on disaster preparedness between the scientific community and disaster managers at all levels should be strengthened;

Encourages the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change⁸ and the parties to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change⁹ 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;

⁸United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.

⁹FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add.1, decision 1/CP.3, annex.

Stresses the need to address risk reduction of and vulnerabilities to all natural hazards including geological and hydrometeorological hazards;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, 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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