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Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General description of the organization UNESCO is the United Nations’ specialized agency for education, science and culture. Since its creation in 1945, the Organization has worked to promote knowledge and education worldwide. Its close links with professional and academic communities and other partners in 193 countries put it in a key position to press for action. Disaster reduction goal UNESCO assists Member States in building capacities to withstand and cope with natural events and human induced disasters, including those of a technological nature. UNESCO seeks to harness knowledge and technology and promote education for building effective capacities to foster prevention and reduce vulnerability to all kinds of disasters, particularly affecting poor populations. Policies and programmes in disaster risk reduction In its 34th session, the General Conference of UNESCO included contributing to disaster mitigation and preparedness among the fourteen Strategic Programme Objectives in the Organization’s Medium Term Strategy for 2008-2013 and Programme and Budget for 2008-2009. UNESCO provides intergovernmental coordination, advice to governments and policy support for the establishment and operation of monitoring networks and early warning and risk mitigation systems for natural hazards, with particular emphasis on earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and landslides. It also promotes joint multi-stakeholder strategies for enhancing disaster education and awareness as an intrinsic element of the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (UN DESD) led by UNESCO, especially in communities at risk located in Africa, LDCs and SIDS. Roles, mandates and areas of work of key UN entities 39 UNESCO
Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations Integrated approaches and synergies between the natural sciences, the social sciences, culture, education and information systems lay the basis for interdisciplinary platforms to manage disaster risks. Memberships in key networks Inter-Agency Group ISDR Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education (GOGSS-DPE) International Consortium on Landslides Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) International Flood Initiative (IFI) International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disaster (IPRED) Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) National counterpart National Commissions of UNESCO; National committees of water, oceanographic and earth sciences; Ministries of Education, Construction and Meteorology and related extension services. Areas of work (to correspond with HFA priority areas 1-5) HFA Priority for Action 1 Making disaster risk reduction a policy priority, institutional strengthening HFA Priority for Action 2 Risk assessment and early warning systems The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO coordinates the establishment of tsunami early warning systems in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean and 40 Roles, mandates and areas of work of key UN entities
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