International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

A/RES/65/157View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20c International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2011.

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?

14 subjects

Capacity Building Climate Change Developing Countries Disaster Preparedness Disaster Prevention Early Warning Systems Environmental Policy Gender Mainstreaming International Cooperation Reconstruction Regional Commissions Risk Assessment Technical Cooperation Technology Transfer

What’s in this document?

28 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolutions 63/217 and 64/200;⁹

⁹A/65/388.

Welcomes the progress made in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters,Error: Reference source not found and stresses the need for a more effective integration of disaster risk reduction into sustainable development policies, planning and programming, for the development and strengthening of institutions, mechanisms and capacities at the regional, national and local levels to build resilience to hazards, and for systematic incorporation of risk reduction approaches into the implementation of emergency preparedness, response and recovery programmes and long-term development plans, as a means to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;

Encourages Member States, the United Nations system, international financial institutions, regional bodies and other international organizations, including the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and volunteers, the private sector and the scientific community, to increase efforts to support, implement and follow up the Hyogo Framework for Action, and stresses the importance in this regard of the continued cooperation and coordination of stakeholders at all levels with respect to addressing effectively the impact of natural disasters;

Calls upon the United Nations system, and invites international financial institutions and regional and international organizations, to integrate the goals of, and take into full account, the Hyogo Framework for Action in their strategies and programmes, making use of existing coordination mechanisms, and to assist developing countries with those mechanisms to design and implement, as appropriate, disaster risk reduction measures with a sense of urgency;

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 disasters, including the implementation of and follow-up to the Hyogo Framework for Action, and stresses the importance of international cooperation and partnerships to support those national efforts;

Also recognizes the importance of coordinating adaptation to climate change with relevant disaster risk reduction measures, invites Governments and relevant international organizations to integrate these considerations in a comprehensive manner into, inter alia, development plans and poverty eradication programmes and, in the least developed countries, into the preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action, and invites the international community to support the ongoing efforts of developing countries in this regard;

Welcomes the national, subregional and regional initiatives undertaken by Member States, in particular developing countries, to achieve disaster risk reduction, and reiterates the need to further develop regional initiatives and risk reduction capacities of regional mechanisms where they exist, to strengthen them and to encourage the use and sharing of all existing tools, and requests the regional commissions, within their mandates, to support the efforts of Member States in this regard, in close coordination with implementing entities of the United Nations system;

Encourages the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, a partnership of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction system managed by the World Bank, to continue to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action;

Welcomes the upcoming third session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, to be held in Geneva from 8 to 13 May 2011, which serves as an important forum for Member States and other stakeholders to assess progress made in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, to enhance awareness of disaster risk reduction, to share experiences and to learn from good practices;

Recognizes the importance of integrating a gender perspective and empowering and engaging women in the design and implementation of all phases of disaster risk management, as well as in risk reduction strategies and programmes, and encourages the secretariat of the Strategy to continue to increase the promotion of gender mainstreaming and empowerment of women;

Encourages the international community to support the active participation of developing countries in the Strategy system, the Hyogo Framework for Action midterm review process and the third session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction;

Encourages the United Nations system to make every effort to accelerate the full integration and mainstreaming of risk reduction into all its programmes and activities to ensure that it contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo Framework for Action as well as to the Millennium Development Goals;

Expresses its appreciation to those countries that have provided financial support for the activities of the Strategy by making voluntary contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction;

Encourages Governments, multilateral organizations, international and regional organizations, international and regional financial institutions, the private sector and civil society to systematically invest in disaster risk reduction with a view to implementing the objectives of the Strategy;

Acknowledges the importance of the work of the United Nations in disaster risk reduction, the growing demands on the secretariat of the Strategy and the need for increased, timely, stable and predictable resources for the implementation of the Strategy, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to consider how best to support the implementation of the natural disaster reduction strategy, taking into account the important role played by the secretariat of the Strategy, with a view to ensuring adequate resources for the operation of the secretariat of the Strategy;

Emphasizes the importance of early warning systems as part of effective disaster risk reduction at the local, national and regional levels, in order to reduce economic and social damages, including the loss of human life, and in this regard encourages Member States to integrate such systems into their national disaster risk reduction strategies and plans and encourages donors and the international community to enhance international cooperation in support of such initiatives, as appropriate, through technical assistance, technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, capacity-building and training programmes;

Stresses the need to foster better understanding and knowledge of the causes of disasters, as well as to build and strengthen coping capacities through, inter alia, the transfer and exchange of experiences and technical knowledge, educational and training programmes for disaster risk reduction, access to relevant data and information, the strengthening of institutional arrangements and the promotion of community participation and ownership through community-based disaster risk management approaches;

Emphasizes the need for the international community to maintain its focus beyond emergency relief and to support medium- and long-term rehabilitation, reconstruction and risk reduction, and stresses the importance of implementing and adapting long-term programmes related to the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and disaster risk reduction in the most vulnerable regions, particularly in developing countries prone to natural disasters;

Urges the international community to continue to address ways and means, including through development 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 the least developed countries and countries in Africa, through the implementation of the Strategy, including the Hyogo Framework for Action, and encourages the institutional arrangement for the Strategy to continue its work in this regard;

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, international financial institutions and other concerned actors, in their approach to disaster risk reduction, should take into consideration 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 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;

Acknowledges that disaster risk reduction and increasing resilience to all types of natural hazard, including geological and hydrometeorological hazards, in developing countries, in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action, can promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and that reducing vulnerabilities to these hazards is therefore a high priority for developing countries;

Expresses its deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters and the increasing challenges posed by the consequences of such disasters, as well as the impact of climate change, which impede progress towards the sustainable development of all countries, in particular developing countries, especially small island developing States, the least developed countries and landlocked developing countries, as well as other particularly vulnerable countries;

Stresses the need to strengthen the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction into national development strategies and as a practice in the policies and programmes of the humanitarian and environmental sectors, planning ministries, financial institutions and other relevant bodies;

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

Encourages the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the parties to the Kyoto Protocol¹⁰ to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change¹¹ 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;

¹⁰United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2303, No. 30822.

¹¹Ibid., vol. 1771, No. 30822.

Notes with appreciation the launching of the Strategy campaign for 2010–2011, “Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready”, which aims to increase the resilience of cities and urban areas by raising the awareness of citizens and local governments of risk reduction options and by mobilizing political commitment and support among local governments to include risk reduction aspects in urban development planning and critical infrastructure investments;

Welcomes the informal thematic debate of the General Assembly on disaster risk reduction to be held in New York on 9 February 2011;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, under the sub-item entitled “International Strategy for Disaster Reduction” of the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a report on the implementation of the present resolution including his recommendations on the midterm review of the Hyogo Framework for Action.

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