1. Home
  2. Update

Sri Lanka: Launch of 'resilient cities campaign' and Global Assessment Report 2011

Source(s): Daily News, the
Upload your content

"It is fundamental, that our local leaders are conscious about the potential risk their citizens face and we need to invest more on disaster risk reduction measures at local levels with assistance of all stakeholders" said Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera at the national launch of the Making Cities Resilient: "My city is getting ready" world disaster reduction campaign yesterday in Colombo.

The national launch of the Global Assessment Report on disaster risk reduction (GAR 2011) also took place during the event, organized by the Disaster Management Centre, the local government and Provincial Council Ministry in collaboration with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Editors' recommendations

Explore further

Hazards Flood
Themes Climate change Urban risk and planning Governance Disaster risk management
Country and region Sri Lanka

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).