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Water for people.pdf - WHO Thailand Digital Repository

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2 9 0 / M A N A G E M E N T C H A L L E N G E S : S T E W A R D S H I P A N D G O V E R N A N C EMitigating Risk and Coping with UncertaintySome Useful Web Sites *Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)http://www.unfccc.int/Part of the United Nations (UN) framework, this provides in<strong>for</strong>mation relating to flood management and flood disaster reduction.World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/Global <strong>Water</strong> Partnership (GWP), the Associated Programme on FloodManagement (APFM)http://www.wmo.ch/apfm/Site promotes flood management within the context of integrated water resources management.Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)http://www.unccd.int/Topics related to desertification, while staying in the context of sustainable development.United Nations Environment Programme, Floods and Droughtshttp://freshwater.unep.net/index.cfm?issue=water_flood_droughtStrategies, links, documents and other resources <strong>for</strong> coping with flood and drought.United Nations International Strategy <strong>for</strong> Disaster Reduction (ISDR)http://www.unisdr.org/International site providing in<strong>for</strong>mation, news events and training courses in order to increase awareness of the importance ofdisaster reduction.* These sites were last accessed on 6 January 2003.

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