ࡱ> NPM @ 0bjbj *Q 1^^^^$" P , ,"1: (b "  5 & 13R#6~1>">>1^^ 41>^8 8 > 5 . ӝC %wT101-665""^^^^5v6 :F&d   11""d Nd""   UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE For Kenya, Uganda and The Seychelles  Telephone: (254 20)7624560/7623677 P.O. Box 30552 Telefax: (254 20) 624349 Nairobi, Kenya e-mail: NAIROBI.unic@unon org ___________________________________________________________________________ MEDIA ADVISORY UNIC/2009 Date: 28 April, 2008 The United Nations Information Centre Invites Nairobi-based Journalists To the Second African Regional Platform Disaster Risk Reduction Consultative Meeting 5-7 May Venue: Press Centre United Nations Gigiri Date: Monday 5 May 2009 Time1.5 PM In the lead up to the Second Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction scheduled to take place in Geneva in 16-19 June, more than 150 representatives from Sub-Saharan African countries will be participating in the Second African Regional Platform Disaster Risk Reduction consultative meeting from 5-7 May 2009. Every year, disasters strike millions of people worldwide and vulnerability levels in Africa are particularly high. During 2008 alone, 235,000 people were killed and 214 million were affected by disasters, including 14 million in Africa due to drought. Latest predictions from the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) point to floods and droughts as major threats that need to be better addressed in the wake of more weather related disasters. The Africa Regional Platform - formed in Nairobi in 2007 - is a forum of national platforms in 25 African countries. The three-day Second Session meeting is expected to identify notable progress in: the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters which was adopted by 168 countries in Kobe (Japan) in 2005; and enhancing regional commitment to disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. Please note that Margareta Wahlstrom, ASG in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will be participating. All Media are invited to participate. Speakers: Ms Margareta Wahlstrom, UN's Assistant Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR Secretariat in Geneva. Ms Inga Bjork-Klevby, Deputy Executive Director from UN-HABITAT. For further information and media assistance, please contact: Nasser Ega-Musa from UNIC Nairobi e-mail  HYPERLINK "mailto:nasser.ega-musa@unon.org" nasser.ega-musa@unon.org Tel: +254 (0)20 7624560 or Brigitte Leoni, UNISDR Geneva: e-mail: leonib@un.org Tel: +41 (0)22 917 8897 or Graldine Boezio, UNISDR Nairobi: e-mail:  HYPERLINK "mailto:geraldine.boezio@unep.org" geraldine.boezio@unep.org Tel: +254 (0)20 762 1569     PAGE  PAGE 1  -RSTVwx~E S T U ] ^ ǼǼDZǝvhUB%h h^EB*CJOJQJaJph%h hmB*CJOJQJaJphh7*B*OJQJaJph"hm>*B*CJ4OJQJaJ4ph(h\hm>*B*CJ4OJQJaJ4phhaq15OJQJh#)5CJOJQJh(d5CJOJQJh?15CJOJQJhaq15CJOJQJhaq1CJOJQJhaq15CJ OJQJ haq1<haq1jhaq1UhmHnHu-RTUV\@ T  pB#p^p`gdl pB#p^p` & ps @ B#P^`Pdh$a$ $ dha$ dhQT U w x  J b m n  YZ $1$7$8$H$a$gd( 1$7$8$H$gd($ dh7$8$H$a$gdD$1$7$8$H$a$gdD$a$gd'$a$gdCQ$ dh7$8$H$a$gdCQ^ b h j k p v  & ɶِ}j}ZG1+h h]y56B*CJOJQJaJph%h(h(B*CJOJQJaJphh]yB*CJOJQJaJph%h h^EB*CJOJQJaJph%h h'B*CJOJQJaJph%h h]yB*CJOJQJaJph%h hB*CJOJQJaJph%h h\6B*CJOJQJaJphh0SB*CJOJQJaJph%h h$GB*CJOJQJaJph%h h#B*CJOJQJaJph & 3 I J P W Y \ a f l m n Z¬ٖkV*B*CJOJQJaJhph+h(h(>*B*CJOJQJaJhph7jh(h(B*CJOJQJUaJhph1jh(h(B*CJOJQJUaJhph(h(h(B*CJOJQJaJhph.h(h(5B*CJOJQJ\aJhphPQRTUWXZ[]^defghiopqrstuֽȹ௹jdhaq1CJUhaq1h/Oc0JmHnHuhkOh/Oc h/Oc0Jjh/Oc0JUh?Ijh?IU%hf0h'B*CJOJQJaJphZ\]fghstuvwxyz{|}~ hh]h`hgd/Oc &`#$gd/Oc $1$7$8$H$a$gd(#$d%d&d'dNOPQS 000P:p/OcBP. 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