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2 <strong>The</strong> World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held on 18–22<br />

January 2005 <strong>in</strong> Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and adopted the present<br />

Framework for Action 2005–2015: Build<strong>in</strong>g the Resilience of Nations<br />

and Communities to Disasters. <strong>The</strong> conference provided a unique<br />

opportunity to promote a strategic and systematic approach to reduc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

vulnerabilities and risks to hazards. It underscored the need for, and<br />

identifi ed ways of, build<strong>in</strong>g the resilience of nations and communities<br />

to disasters.<br />

3 <strong>The</strong> Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that 189 UN<br />

Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. <strong>The</strong><br />

Millennium Development Goals derive from earlier <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

development goals, and were offi cially established at the Millennium<br />

Summit <strong>in</strong> 2000, where 189 world leaders adopted the United Nations<br />

Millennium Declaration.<br />

4 General Assembly, New Partnership for Africa’s Development: fi fth<br />

consolidated report on progress <strong>in</strong> implementation and <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

support, Report of the Secretary-General, UN document A/62/203,<br />

3 August 2007.<br />

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