Daily report of the Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - Tuesday 10 May 2011
Global Platform highlights from Tuesday, 10 May 2011. Issue #1, Volume 141, Number 3.
On Tuesday, 10 May 2011, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), which is being attended by approximately 3,000 participants, including representatives from over 170 governments, 20 ministers and 30 mayors, and 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), reports IISD. Throughout the day, participants met in high-level plenary sessions, roundtables on preparedness, nuclear emergencies, local action and wildfire risk, as well as a dialogue with parliamentarians and mayors and a briefing on the 2011 Global Assessment Report.