Braving insecurity may be a reflection of coping and resilience but is no way to live: a call to strengthen vulnerability reduction and capacity building strategies for DRR in Asia
This paper is a call for action to Asian governments to work in partnership and complementarity for disaster risk reduction (DRR) for the Asian population to live in an environment that will guarantee security and every right to development.
This call for action is based upon the commitment made by the Philippines to the Hyogo Framework for Action and respects and upholds the commitments made in the Delhi Declaration and proposals presented in the draft Kuala Lumpur Declaration for the Third Ministerial Meeting on DRR on December 2-4, 2008.