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UN highlights importance of risk reduction

Source(s): Myanmar Times, the - Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
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Speaking at the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, Switzerland on May 21, deputy secretary general Jan Eliasson said: "We need to really invest in disaster risk reduction. It does pay off. By investing in disaster risk reduction, we are actually laying the groundwork for development.”

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Themes Governance Economics of DRR Disaster risk management
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