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Advancing the UN Common Agenda
HLCP UN Action Plan on Disaster Risk
Reduction for Resilience
20 March 2013
First Arab Regional Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
CEB/HLCP request for a system-wide Plan of Action to identify
and act on core issues and gaps in disaster risk reduction
Context of the decision
 Growing and changing risk
 Need to position the UN on
disaster risk reduction and
resilience for the future and in
particular in the post 2015
environment
 Need for UN to change and adapt
to new realities and changing risk
scenarios.
UN through the Action Plan
 Recalls the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 as the
guiding instrument to build resilience of nations and
communities to disaster as endorsed by all Member States
 Embraces the international momentum to use “resilience” as
a common outcome that integrates poverty reduction,
disaster risk reduction, sustainable livelihoods and climate
change adaptation, as integral to sustainable development
Main steps
 June 2012: Senior Management Group set-up
 July to September 2012: Three videocalls to set the principles and
modalities for developing the Action Plan
 November 2012: UN High Level Retreat in Paris (hosted by
UNESCO) with UNRC from Nepal and other experts (facilitated
process where participants worked back from a 2025 vision)
 January-February 2013: Working group to draft the UN Action Plan
on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience and final meeting in Rome
(hosted by WFP)
 March 5 2013: UN Action Plan and implementation plan
recommended by HLCP for endorsement by CEB
Converge around 3 commitments
 Ensure timely, co-ordinated and high
quality assistance to countries where
disaster losses pose a threat to
development
 Make disaster risk reduction a priority for UN
funds, programmes and specialized agencies
 Ensure disaster risk reduction for resilience is
central to post-2015 development agreements
and targets
Expected changes
 Operationalizes the Rio+20 outcome that disaster risk reduction is
integral to sustainable development and critical for economic
transformation
Promotes greater integration of disaster risk reduction and climate
change adaptation
 Leads to accountability on disaster risk reduction by individual UN
entities (also system) and change in behaviour
 Provides scope for leaders and networks to target the parts of UN
where efforts and investments would be most effective
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