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The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

ASEAN finance ministers agreed Friday to speed up regional integration and pledged to press ahead with plans for a disaster insurance fund in the wake of Japan's tsunami disaster...

This document presents a South-East Asia specific disaster risk reduction framework that provides more specific guidance to National Societies in acknowledgement of the Framework for Community Safety and Resilience and global guidance, which outlines the

This declaration lays out a number of commitments countries will work towards to advance the rights of the nearly 1.2 billion children in the Asia-Pacific Region. It focuses on regional cooperation in three key areas: (i) disaster risk reduction; (ii)

The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) is working on improving its risk reduction mechanism through the development of the country's Strategic National Action Plan (SNAP) for disaster risk reduction within the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)...

A two-day community-based disaster risk management programme commenced yesterday, as part of the National Disaster Management Centre's (NDMC) efforts to build the country's communities resilience to disasters...

'The formulation of the SNAP will take place at different dates from July to August and in September. It will be based on the outcomes from the workshop,' said the Director of the National Disaster Management Centre Yahya Hj Abd Rahman...

The two-day community-based training event, organized by the National Disaster Management Centre, covered three main aspects of disaster risk reduction: hazard mapping and contingency planning; safety steps and fire prevention; and fire extinguishing techniques and emergency assistance...