Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)

The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) continued its deliberations on Sunday with ministerial roundtables, several working sessions, and negotiations of the text of the post-2015 framework for DRR.Ministers met at two roundtable events, on “Reconstructing After Disasters: Build Back Better” in the morning, and on “International Cooperation in Support of a Post-2015 Framework for DRR” in afternoon. Throughout the day, country delegations delivered statements in a general exchange of views, while many other events organized by and for the DRR community took place in and around the meeting venue, including a presentation of the recently launched 2015 Global Assessment Report on DRR.




The Main Committee discussed text on international cooperation on DRR and the seven proposed global DRR targets, making some progress in informal sessions, and continuing deliberations late into the evening.


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