[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban: Reducing disaster risk is central to sustainability

 

UN official "fully confident" about Ebola's eradication | Ban: Reconciliation among 3 Asian powers will help region | ICC's charges against Kenyatta withdrawn but could be reinstated Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   March 16, 2015 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban: Reducing disaster risk is central to sustainability United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is emphasizing the role that disaster-risk reduction plays in a sustainable world. "Disaster risk reduction advances progress on sustainable development and climate change," Ban said at the Third World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was occurring as Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu. 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