United Nations Human Settlements Program, Disaster Mitigation Office
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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Disaster Mitigation Office was established in April 2007 with an Agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and UN-HABITAT signed by Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and the Iranian Minister for Housing and Urban Development. UN-HABITAT Disaster Mitigation Office in Tehran is focusing on disaster mitigation, capacity-building in the area of earthquake resistant housing, link to disaster mitigation with sustainable relief and reconstruction and dissemination of earthquake resistant technologies within the region.
The primary responsibilities of the office pursuant to the mandate of the UN-HABITAT related to the sustainable human settlements development and disaster risk reduction are:
Increase the possibilities for the interested member states to provide development resources and contribute towards capacity enhancement in earthquake resistant construction through technical and financial means.
Promote participation of the experts, scientists and urban managers in UN-HABITAT activities and more specifically in the field of earthquake resistant construction.
And to promote UN-HABITAT mandated activities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In the frame the above mentioned objectives the office has initiated a 5 year period work plan by dividing the objectives into 4 main Components:
Component A: Workshops, seminars and sustainable urban development
Component B: Project management and model cities
Component C: Seismic risk mitigation for public facilities and housing
Component D: Enforcement of building codes
DRR, UN, Mitigation, Vulnerability, Assessment, Human settlements, housing and urban profiles..
Alireza Esmaeilzadeh,
Mehmet Emin Akdogan
www.unhabitat.org
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