India: Assam first state to reduce disaster risk
Assam became the first state in the country to implement the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction, in association with Unicef and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
The Sendai framework is a voluntary, target-oriented disaster risk reduction agreement signed by all the United Nations countries, including India, during the fourth World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction at Sendai, Japan, in March last year.
The agreement is for 15 years .
"The world conference was organised by the UNISDR, and is responsible for implementing the Sendai framework . We provide our expertise to those who ask for it, and Assam is the first state in India to partner with us and Unicef to implement the framework," Sanjay Bhatia, the head of the UNISDR office for Northeast Asia in Korea told The Telegraph during his visit here today.
All three stakeholders initiated the implementation of the framework in Assam with a "training of the trainer" workshop here today.
The workshop will be held in two phases. The first phase will be held today and tomorrow and the three-day second phase will be held from Friday .
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