Indonesia hosted another consultative meeting to determine ways to mainstream disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience into the post-2015 development agenda on Feb. 19-20. One of the main outcomes expected from this meeting is to discuss and offer concrete recommendations for the most essential aspects of DRR and resilience building that could be integrated into priority goals, targets and indicators.
DRR and resilience have been an integral part of most of the deliberations on global development within the United Nations. Here in New York, efforts to link DRR and resilience with poverty eradication, climate change and even with conflict have been increasing.
Due to the fact that no country, even the most developed, is immune from the impact of natural disasters, DRR and resilience have become one of the rare pertinent issues of common interest of both the developing and developed world.
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