Arabic Edition launch of the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR11) – Revealing Risk, Redefining Development – is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). It contributes to achieving the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) by monitoring risk patterns and progress in disaster risk reduction. Importantly, it provides guidance to governments and non-governmental actors, on how they can, together, reduce disaster risks.

The 2011 Global Assessment Report – or GAR11 - is the second edition of this biennial UN publication on disaster risk reduction and its English version was launched by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon in Geneva in May 2011.

Lebanon reports substantial achievements in developing preparedness and contingency plans. Across the globe, countries have yet to find a clear political and economic path to investing today for a safer tomorrow. UNISDR greatly appreciates the close cooperation with UN-ESCWA and the League of Arab States in advancing risk reduction efforts in the region and supporting countries enhance their capacities and knowledge on disasters, risks and vulnerabilities.